understand now how the navigator felt going out alone into worlds so strange to his or her experiences meeting new peoples finding new lands without understanding of culture and protocol and causing incidents without intention because of what they know and what they don’t know and soon knowing what they don’t know may well hurt them and people around them and become divisive leading the intrepid pilot to turn away and inward to that so familiar and safe… or should he
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Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leas on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
It seems as if it is a challenging time for your adventurer, Norton. I will be difficult for him without a map to guide the way. Let's hope he has friends to interpret the signposts and landmarks....he has to trust.
I'm quite certain Captain Cook had many fears and uncertainties - but he still ventured off to chart Australia, parts of Canada, and the friendly islands. Without his courage, well, those places would have eventually been discovered, but, the story might not have been as good. It's impossible to go through life without having an impact on others, positive or negative. But remember Norton, others need to take responsibility for and manage their own emotions. You can't do that for them. This doesn't mean not being aware of your impact, but it does mean that relationship is about, well, relating. And to do that, your heart has to be open.Remember where you start, and the rest of the world finishes.
Perhaps the brave navigator need simply land his plane on an island for a bit ;)
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