tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post4174988775223575214..comments2024-03-27T14:03:14.775+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: Learning Experiences - The Sailor's PrayerJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-63748066814428220662008-05-24T19:41:00.000+00:002008-05-24T19:41:00.000+00:00Old Sailors PrayerDreams come to life inside warm ...Old Sailors Prayer<BR/><BR/>Dreams come to life inside warm winds,<BR/>let these moments not be stolen<BR/>like the death of a gull <BR/><BR/>Do we know the impossible sea <BR/>by the crash of your waves<BR/>Do we know the impossible sea<BR/>by moonlight dancing upon your mists <BR/><BR/>We are now like canvas birds<BR/>flying night and day... take us<BR/>into your possibilities<BR/><BR/>Run with us<BR/><BR/>Sea of wonder, help us fly<BR/>flying low, flying high <BR/>into a vision that never died<BR/><BR/>Lift us night and day <BR/>upon these white wings... take us<BR/>into your impossibilities<BR/><BR/>Tack with us<BR/><BR/>Sea of prey, watery graves <BR/>sail us over, sail us on <BR/>gently pass us by<BR/><BR/>Sea of prayers, hear us pray<BR/>drifting up into a summer sky... take us<BR/>into your mystery<BR/><BR/>Reach with us<BR/><BR/>Sea of joy, Bird of prey <BR/>within are ghosts from yesterday<BR/>scattered by dawns bleeding sunrise<BR/><BR/>Clouds reefed inside old men's ebbing minds<BR/>take us on your wetted wings<BR/>blow us with your warmth<BR/><BR/>Take our beating hearts... <BR/><BR/>...To where gulls return from winter nests<BR/>sealing the birth of adventure, take us <BR/>to soar alongside in wonder <BR/><BR/>Moor us to our dreams<BR/><BR/>d.m. christensen<BR/>great salt lake<BR/>slc, utahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-71505697421477018022008-05-18T10:19:00.000+00:002008-05-18T10:19:00.000+00:00The prayer probably depends upon your position. Wh...The prayer probably depends upon your position. When doing navigating my biggest fear was missing one of the marks and hence us getting disqualified. <BR/><BR/>That would seriously have annoyed the rest of the crew!<BR/><BR/>And it would have been easy to do given the course was read out on VHF radio and ours kept packing in :(JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-86833165071985334682008-05-15T04:29:00.000+00:002008-05-15T04:29:00.000+00:00I think the sailor's prayer is much more specific:...I think the sailor's prayer is much more specific: "Please do not let me SCREW UP THE START!"<BR/><BR/>Don't lure me into trying to get the PERFECT start.<BR/><BR/>Any thing that happens later, can be blamed on the rest of the crew. But the start belongs to me!Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.com