Teachings,+Waiting+for+the+Sun

=Waiting for the Sun= (By Sam)(ael) (Return to Teachings) (Return to Wise Stories)

Four sailors lost in the night.

One knew the stars, One Knew the sun, One knew the sea, One knew the Map,

The Sailor who knew the stars could not see them, the storm was too great. So he wallowed away wishing 'if only I could see the stars, then I would take us home.'

The sailor who Knew the sea felt the waves, tasted them, and listened with great care. No man had ever known the sea like him and all about him he could tell what was there. But the sad truth of the sea is that one sea is much like another and though he could tell which sea they were on he could tell nothing more. Sad that his sea craft had failed he hung over the side of the boat, feeling betrayed by his love, and was swept away.

The sailor who knew the map after much charting and thought could tell where they had been and mostly where they were going but he could not tell where they were. He poured over the map for so long, that when they were finally rescued he did not even notice for a day.

The last sailor was a poor sailor at that. He could hardly steer the ship through the powerful waves like the other sailors, He could not swim miles and miles like the other sailors, he did not know the stars or the sea or the maps like the others did. This always made him sad.

The sailor who knew the sun waited for the sun to come out. And after many days it did.