Missing the boat

It is one of the most dreaded experiences. It left without us. From the Internet to the Space Ship, from one lover to the next. Opportunities. Missed.

I have a nephew who missed the boat. Out of compassion for his daughter who became ill overnight.

Karma rewarded him with wealth gone wildest.

Sometimes we have to avail ourselves for other opportunities:

e.g. clearing the deck for the next chopper (as on the Last Day of Vietnam), or an inevitable divorce (hell or home).

The reason we all fear “missing the boat” is because we did not have a plan B, or have never experienced setback, or always with cushion and insulation.

When 9/11 struck, a bunch of people had to rent a van and drove across the country since ALL planes were grounded except for Air Force One.

Talking about Missing the Boat.

There are three types of setbacks: self-inflicted, unavoidable and happenstance.

Life is exciting for each of us precisely because of unknown. It makes for Hollywood materials: meet girls, lose girls, get girls back etc…

Then both grow old, ugly and live out the rest of petty and lousy life.

Every once in a while, life affords us those milestones: graduation, career option and promotion, then of course, cremation.

I love to quote myself ” with minutes, we merely exist – with moments, we live”.

Why do we miss sunset while letting the torturing noon to dominate our thought life! With moments, a mix of them, we live a colorful life. Prisoners of long sentences count only the minutes and the days to release.

Self-recrimination. Those missing-the-boat moments. If I literally missed the boat today, I would stick around for the sunset on the beach. Might as well.

My nephew abandoned his planned trip, purposefully missed the prepaid boat. For his daughter’s sakes.

Karma rewarded him. Karma rewards all of us who chose to miss the boat out of compassion for others. With moments (of decision that aligns with cosmic Karma) we live as intended.

Missing the Boat. Might not be a bad thing after all. Circling back, looking at our previous life with fresh eyes, even fell in love with it as if for the first time.

Guys get girls back, together they live happily ever after.