Letter Number 8: To the seafarers.

You are stronger than depression and greater than loneliness. Nothing, not even the vast ocean nor the pissed nature, can entangle your way back home. You are tough and you do illustrious work even when under pressure - that's what makes you a true seafarer.

Nothing will ever exhaust you, as sailing is not meant for the weak hearts. The waves may at times be indignant, but you endure all that because you were fit to be bold, mighty, and brave. And those fears? It will never leave you. But you know in your heart that the more you fear the sea, the less you recognize what it has to offer. 

And at night you may get lost in darkness and despair, remember it's only in the black of night you see the stars. And those stars will lead you back home. It's a frightful travel to never know what lies ahead, but you are a seafarer - you best know that the journey is the destination and not the other way around.

The distance does kill you every second of everyday, but before you departed for the seas, you already primed yourselves with how much you are willing to lose for the gain. Good does not exist without evil, just as love doesn't exist without struggle. So when the waves get tough, you don't just quit. You know perfectly well the worth of what awaits you in those sunny shores.

You are a keeper for a woman's heart. You have stories to tell her and experiences to share. You were trained to be patient and persevering that you can outlast eternity at sea, knowing you have someone to look forward to when coming home. You don't sugar-coat words, instead you speak with integrity. And for once, she will believe a man's word like she never heard a single lie in her life.

To our heroes at sea, to the thousand nameless and ordinary sailors manning and operating ships at risk when we know where you'd rather be..we await for your return.


Sincerely yours,
The girl in the lighthouse.