Bump.
Having a count my blessings day.
Preparing to leave Thailand and head down to Malaysia to organize a new visa.
Beginning to plan for the return journey to NZ. Much easier to get here than it is to sail back. This time of year the South East trades are blowing strongly meaning head winds all the way back to the pacific. If I went down the west coast of Australia, there is the southern ocean and cold westerlies. In each case I have to make my way back east some, and that means waiting for the right weather. One possibility is joining a rally to east Malaysia and North East Indonesia, which starts in April next year. I have missed the season this year, repairs were not completed in time.
Anyway, these are luxury problems. It is a big challenge, some aspects give me a bit of anxiety, so I hope my faith will see me through.
We were talking about courage at the meeting the other night. Courage is not the absence of fear , it is having the fear and doing it anyway. A quote from the big book came up along the lines ... all men of faith have courage...