Steer Your Ship!
TAKE CHARGE & SET SAIL !
A sail ship’s voyage is a metaphor for life. Read on as analogies are made between a sailing ship and your own life’s journey.
Ship ahoy! Time to get your bearings, prepare the decks and set sail! When the energy is moving ahead, you need to jump on board and “Tally Ho!"
A sail ship’s voyage is a metaphor for life. Read on as analogies are made between a sailing ship and your own life’s journey.
Ship ahoy! Time to get your bearings, prepare the decks and set sail! When the energy is moving ahead, you need to jump on board and “Tally Ho!"
It is time to take charge of your life, lift your anchor, hoist the main sail and set sail in the direction of your dreams. Watch as the winds take you there, and be prepared for all kinds of waters.
But, just as anyone would prepare well for a grand voyage, let’s take a little journey on the high seas, examine where you are at and what you need to move forward in your life.
But, just as anyone would prepare well for a grand voyage, let’s take a little journey on the high seas, examine where you are at and what you need to move forward in your life.
Firstly, where have you been sailing?
How have the seas been treating you? How have you been navigating your life? No doubt you’ve been through some rough, turbulent waters. Perhaps you’ve had to wade your way through choppy seas, thunderous storms or giant mounds of seemingly immoveable ice. Perhaps you have been swimming and swimming tirelessly but not yet had sight of the mainland?
How have the seas been treating you? How have you been navigating your life? No doubt you’ve been through some rough, turbulent waters. Perhaps you’ve had to wade your way through choppy seas, thunderous storms or giant mounds of seemingly immoveable ice. Perhaps you have been swimming and swimming tirelessly but not yet had sight of the mainland?
Some of you are still chipping away at the barnacles or taking your time side-coursing, perhaps even doubting the route you are taking, while others seem to be happily cruising along at the perfect speed.
Maybe you feel safer in numbers and have needed an army of ships around you supporting you, keeping you company or even making you feel more safe and protected. You might be hiding in the galley or remained anchored, feeling stuck and chained to one place for too long (even if it’s out of your own fear and insecurity). Looks like that anchor’s getting pretty mossy!
Maybe you feel safer in numbers and have needed an army of ships around you supporting you, keeping you company or even making you feel more safe and protected. You might be hiding in the galley or remained anchored, feeling stuck and chained to one place for too long (even if it’s out of your own fear and insecurity). Looks like that anchor’s getting pretty mossy!
“ A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
~ William Shedd
What is the state of your ship?
Perhaps it looks or feels old, debilitated and worn out?
Is it chipped, dented, missing a few components?
Is your vessel carrying too much ‘freight,’ inundated with complicated ‘rigging,’ or a navigation system that’s too tech to handle?
Perhaps it looks or feels old, debilitated and worn out?
Is it chipped, dented, missing a few components?
Is your vessel carrying too much ‘freight,’ inundated with complicated ‘rigging,’ or a navigation system that’s too tech to handle?
Got too many things adrift, floating or bobbing up and down on the surface?
No doubt, some poor boats have been left stranded, deserted, and left for dust.
Maybe they need a bit of sprucing up with a wash-down, fresh coat of durable weather resistant paint and a touch of TLC. Maybe a name change or time to hop on board a new craft all together.
No doubt, some poor boats have been left stranded, deserted, and left for dust.
Maybe they need a bit of sprucing up with a wash-down, fresh coat of durable weather resistant paint and a touch of TLC. Maybe a name change or time to hop on board a new craft all together.
Are your engines running smoothly?
More coal needed to keep it running? All systems in check?
Perhaps you can’t find that sunken treasure you’ve been searching for, no matter what equipment you have.
Feel like your ship has capsized? Perhaps you have been drowning in your fears or emotions or not known how to move forward on re-navigate your way. Do not fear, for help is on its way…
More coal needed to keep it running? All systems in check?
Perhaps you can’t find that sunken treasure you’ve been searching for, no matter what equipment you have.
Feel like your ship has capsized? Perhaps you have been drowning in your fears or emotions or not known how to move forward on re-navigate your way. Do not fear, for help is on its way…
ADVICE FROM THE CAPTAIN:
‘Captain Nat’ here, with hands on deck, ready to help you figure out if you are ‘on course,’ or sailing in completely the wrong direction.
Read on for some tips and tools to help you take charge of your own ship’s destiny.
‘Captain Nat’ here, with hands on deck, ready to help you figure out if you are ‘on course,’ or sailing in completely the wrong direction.
Read on for some tips and tools to help you take charge of your own ship’s destiny.
1) Ship’s Log – Take an Inventory
Time to take an inventory of your life. Let’s review where you have been, the mileage you have incurred and endured, the experiences you’ve clocked. Make a list of all you have been through, both positive and negative, and in all spheres of your life (work, home, relationship, health, personal…etc).
Is everything ‘above board’ (sorted out, processed, in plain view and not hiding)?
Time to take an inventory of your life. Let’s review where you have been, the mileage you have incurred and endured, the experiences you’ve clocked. Make a list of all you have been through, both positive and negative, and in all spheres of your life (work, home, relationship, health, personal…etc).
Is everything ‘above board’ (sorted out, processed, in plain view and not hiding)?
2) Are Your Steering Your Ship?
Take a look at whether you are steering your own ship or whether someone is doing the driving for you. Maybe you are letting other people or philosophies guide you rather than trusting your own captain’s instinct? Hands on the wheel! If you are afraid to take the reins , then recall the ole saying about taking the reins of your own life, and not letting it steer you.
"Two captains will sink the ship” ~ Turkish Proverb
Take a look at whether you are steering your own ship or whether someone is doing the driving for you. Maybe you are letting other people or philosophies guide you rather than trusting your own captain’s instinct? Hands on the wheel! If you are afraid to take the reins , then recall the ole saying about taking the reins of your own life, and not letting it steer you.
"Two captains will sink the ship” ~ Turkish Proverb
3) Trust Your Own Inner Compass
This one guidance follows on naturally. Follow the callings of your own true heart. Learn to trust your own gut and chart your own map.
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship”
~ Omar Bradley
This one guidance follows on naturally. Follow the callings of your own true heart. Learn to trust your own gut and chart your own map.
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship”
~ Omar Bradley
4) Be in Command. Take charge of the Situation.
In order to be a fine captain and run a ship smoothly ship on course, you need to be in command. No one can be the best motivator and leader in your own life than you. You call the shots. Stay true to you and stay in your seat of power – that’s the captain’s seat!
“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” ~ Faye Wattleton
In order to be a fine captain and run a ship smoothly ship on course, you need to be in command. No one can be the best motivator and leader in your own life than you. You call the shots. Stay true to you and stay in your seat of power – that’s the captain’s seat!
“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” ~ Faye Wattleton
5) Remember, it’s all Trial & Error
Don’t take the trip so seriously. It is all a learning curve. Relax and have fun. And remember, what is a voyage without a few mishaps and adventures along the way. So stop being hard on yourself and when the waves come crashing, put on your raincoat, hold on to your helm and carry on forth.
"I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” ~ Louisa May Alcott
Don’t take the trip so seriously. It is all a learning curve. Relax and have fun. And remember, what is a voyage without a few mishaps and adventures along the way. So stop being hard on yourself and when the waves come crashing, put on your raincoat, hold on to your helm and carry on forth.
"I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” ~ Louisa May Alcott
6) Don’t Quit. Keep Sailing.
To soar ahead valiantly, you must not be a quitter. Never fear. Keep charging forward and sail ahead Matey! Always look ahead.
“If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.” ~ John Enoch Powell
To soar ahead valiantly, you must not be a quitter. Never fear. Keep charging forward and sail ahead Matey! Always look ahead.
“If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.” ~ John Enoch Powell
7) Look the Part
Have you got on your captain’s suit? Are you in your full nautical attire? Are you standing tall and proud and wearing your captain’s hat? When we look the part, take care of our appearance, and present a fine ship to the world, then we will be respected and honored for the true sailor we are.
Don’t be afraid to show off your seafaring spirit and let your marine presence shine!
"A ship is always referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder” ~ Chester W. Nimitz
Have you got on your captain’s suit? Are you in your full nautical attire? Are you standing tall and proud and wearing your captain’s hat? When we look the part, take care of our appearance, and present a fine ship to the world, then we will be respected and honored for the true sailor we are.
Don’t be afraid to show off your seafaring spirit and let your marine presence shine!
"A ship is always referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder” ~ Chester W. Nimitz
8) Use All Your Equipment
There are tools that you can use to help you along our way. No ship can set sail without it’s inner mechanics & outer gear. Each vessel is equipped with whatever is required for the journey. Do you have all the gear you need? Pack well, and plan ahead.
There are tools that you can use to help you along our way. No ship can set sail without it’s inner mechanics & outer gear. Each vessel is equipped with whatever is required for the journey. Do you have all the gear you need? Pack well, and plan ahead.
9) A Good Captain Knows When to Abandon Ship or Change Course
Does everything seem like it’s not working out? If you feel like abandoning ship, first examine whether this is your natural ‘flight’ instinct vs ‘fight’ response. What is causing you to feel this way? Do you have any underlying fears? Re-group and re-assess. Go back to that inventory list. Does your script need to be tweaked or changed, or is it truly time for a complete overhaul?
Does everything seem like it’s not working out? If you feel like abandoning ship, first examine whether this is your natural ‘flight’ instinct vs ‘fight’ response. What is causing you to feel this way? Do you have any underlying fears? Re-group and re-assess. Go back to that inventory list. Does your script need to be tweaked or changed, or is it truly time for a complete overhaul?
10) Create a Captain’s Vision – Make Clear Goals
No vision can sustain itself and materialize, without clear, empowering goals.
“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” ~ Fitzhugh Dodson
No vision can sustain itself and materialize, without clear, empowering goals.
“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” ~ Fitzhugh Dodson
Visualize yourself as a strong, valiant, beautiful, bountiful sea liner: clean, white, piercing though the water proudly, on its way to conquer the ocean and reach its final berthing destination, with many port o-calls along the way.
Where do you want to your ‘port o’ call’ to be? Write down your goals. Create a vision board. Be visual and dream big. The world is your oyster and ocean your pearl! Is your dream a ship in a bottle, or an attainable path?
“A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder”. ~ Eileen Caddy
Where do you want to your ‘port o’ call’ to be? Write down your goals. Create a vision board. Be visual and dream big. The world is your oyster and ocean your pearl! Is your dream a ship in a bottle, or an attainable path?
“A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder”. ~ Eileen Caddy
11) Crew On Board – Help is on Hand
Brace yourself, I am throwing you a line. Help is always at hand. For what good is a ship without a crew or rescue team! You also have your spiritual helpers - angels, guides and loved ones in spirit guiding and cheering you on.
Make sure you have the support you need around you and don’t hesitate to ask for help. That's both on the ground, on the high seas and in the spiritual realms through thought and prayer. Every vessel get’s in trouble or needs help at some point of time, so light up your flare and be ready to catch that lifesaver! There is always someone there to throw you a rope and lend a hand.
Brace yourself, I am throwing you a line. Help is always at hand. For what good is a ship without a crew or rescue team! You also have your spiritual helpers - angels, guides and loved ones in spirit guiding and cheering you on.
Make sure you have the support you need around you and don’t hesitate to ask for help. That's both on the ground, on the high seas and in the spiritual realms through thought and prayer. Every vessel get’s in trouble or needs help at some point of time, so light up your flare and be ready to catch that lifesaver! There is always someone there to throw you a rope and lend a hand.
12) Look out for the Signs
Seen and unseen forces guide us every day and act as clues and pathways so we know what step to take next on our voyage. Sign posts are there, all around us – in the sea, the sky, and the birds that fly ahead. Hear a foghorn in the wind? A warning in the breeze? Stay aware and keep your binoculars with you. Ask Spirit for a sign and you will receive it.
Seen and unseen forces guide us every day and act as clues and pathways so we know what step to take next on our voyage. Sign posts are there, all around us – in the sea, the sky, and the birds that fly ahead. Hear a foghorn in the wind? A warning in the breeze? Stay aware and keep your binoculars with you. Ask Spirit for a sign and you will receive it.
13) Let Nature Take its Course
As much as it’s important to take charge and be in control, we also have to learn to let go of the wheel and let it do it’s own driving. Sometimes we need to take a back seat, take a break and turn on the auto-pilot. Nothing comes to you if you force it. So keep your vision clear, but also let nature and Spirit do it’s thing. You never know where it may take you, and what surprises are in store.
“ It’s not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship” ~ Proverb
As much as it’s important to take charge and be in control, we also have to learn to let go of the wheel and let it do it’s own driving. Sometimes we need to take a back seat, take a break and turn on the auto-pilot. Nothing comes to you if you force it. So keep your vision clear, but also let nature and Spirit do it’s thing. You never know where it may take you, and what surprises are in store.
“ It’s not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship” ~ Proverb
14) Know There’s a Beacon of Light
Even when things seem dark, uncertain and frightful, know that there is always a light that helps guide your way. Whether it be a dim lantern, bright beacon, fluorescent buoy or omnipresent lighthouse, or even the stars in the night sky; there is always light.
Even when things seem dark, uncertain and frightful, know that there is always a light that helps guide your way. Whether it be a dim lantern, bright beacon, fluorescent buoy or omnipresent lighthouse, or even the stars in the night sky; there is always light.
15) Lean on God
God is everywhere. When things seem hard or you feel you are losing your way, keep your faith and say a prayer to God. God hears our thoughts and sees our quest. Just like sailors used to have a siren (mermaid) carving on their helm for good luck, lean on God for support. Maybe call upon Poseidon, ancient Greek God of the sea!
God is everywhere. When things seem hard or you feel you are losing your way, keep your faith and say a prayer to God. God hears our thoughts and sees our quest. Just like sailors used to have a siren (mermaid) carving on their helm for good luck, lean on God for support. Maybe call upon Poseidon, ancient Greek God of the sea!
Captain's Final Words
We are all sailing along the waters of life, and those waters change constantly.
It is when we are conscious of the journey, lean on the wisdom of our accrued experience that we learn when to steer our ships and direct the
We are all sailing along the waters of life, and those waters change constantly.
It is when we are conscious of the journey, lean on the wisdom of our accrued experience that we learn when to steer our ships and direct the
wheel with full force, when to anchor up and enjoy some stillness, and when to let go, sit back and allow the waters to take you into the depths of the mysterious unknown.
Being aware of the unseen forces helps you keep your compass aligned and assists in the way that you navigate through both clean and murky waters - all the rivers, canals and high seas.
Being aware of the unseen forces helps you keep your compass aligned and assists in the way that you navigate through both clean and murky waters - all the rivers, canals and high seas.
We are all built with inner navigational systems. Some sail along mindlessly. Others (usually the 'masses') follow what all the other boats are doing in the harbor or wait for direction from the big ships.
Some other boats, the wise ole vagabonds, sail off on their own.
Whatever course of life you are currently on, and wherever you are in your quest for purpose and meaning in your life , take a moment to appreciate the bigger picture - that we are all sent here on earth to navigate our way. There is no map for life, that is something we find out along the way. And through trial and error, we move from lesson to lesson, from water to terrain.
Some other boats, the wise ole vagabonds, sail off on their own.
Whatever course of life you are currently on, and wherever you are in your quest for purpose and meaning in your life , take a moment to appreciate the bigger picture - that we are all sent here on earth to navigate our way. There is no map for life, that is something we find out along the way. And through trial and error, we move from lesson to lesson, from water to terrain.
The fact that we are in a modern technological age means that sometimes we rely too much on having instant information at our fingertips. On the one hand this means that we do not allow experience to teach us, because we are disconnected from our soul. And on the other hand it is another sign that life is accelerating at great speeds, which is a reflection that we are now learning our lessons harder and quicker. There is an evolutionary 'quickening.'
All I can say during this revolutionary time on our planet is to keep your faith alive, keep looking at the stars, and always remember that you have your own internal compass as well as God & spiritual forces guiding you.
All I can say during this revolutionary time on our planet is to keep your faith alive, keep looking at the stars, and always remember that you have your own internal compass as well as God & spiritual forces guiding you.
You don't need to rely on man-made satellites to mark your navigational position. Well, put it this way, instant technology can sure be handy, just don't permanently rely on it as crux. Learn to navigate yourself. Reignite your inner light and the compass of your heart (which you will find in your ship's chamber), and allow the Northern Star to be the celestial lantern in the night sky that guides you 'home'. Treat life like an adventure and always keep your sailing spirit alive. Never give up. You can rest assured, nature's winds will take you there.
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This article was written by Natalia Kuna, copyright 2012. Natalia Kuna is a psychic medium spiritual consultant, angel communicator, energy healer, writer & founder of Spiritual Course Academy, online school for spiritual development courses.
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