LETTERS TO DESTINY © 2012

Good sailors also shipwreck

Before the great storms,

For the sea does not choose whom it devours,

Whether by force or by slow waters.

Even those who know how to read the stars

And feel the wind on their skin,

Sometimes are swallowed

By the fury of a cruel wave.

It is not the lack of skill,

Nor the ignorance of the sea,

But the relentless force of life

That makes even the strong hesitate.

Good sailors shipwreck,

Because destiny is capricious,

And the helm, no matter how steady,

Cannot avoid the audacious unexpected.

But at the bottom of the abyss,

Where the waters seem eternal,

There is a lesson of humility

That only the brave can endure.

For those who know the deep sea

Understand that shipwreck is part of being,

And that returning to the surface

Is learning to be reborn.

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