Bax & Dad's excellent adventure

Another observation that I had during this long voyage is the behaviour of the tourist. The captain was very gracious and acting like a tour guide through-out the first half of the trip. He would identify certain outposts and provide the history or identify the interesting sea life. What I noticed is that a large group of people would then migrate to that side of the vessel. (it was fortunate we were on such a large ship or we might have been capsized by this shifting mob)






As I ponder seating arrangements I realize that I have not gravitated towards this spot by accident. At first I do the same as the others trying to get a picture of the humpback whale or the herd of dolphins surrounding us. This behaviour got old quickly and I eventually migrated back to my spot facing the trail of the ships wake. What I realized from this new vantage point is one's whole perspective shifts. Instead of scanning the horizon for a eye candy treasure you start to appreciate where you have come. If one looks to the side you appreciate where you are. I thought of how this concept could be applied to society. I think that lottery revenues for government might dry up, and companies like Astra-Zeneka (the makers of prozac) might have their shares plummet.

Tam and I tried to make this shift in our lifestyle several years ago. We used to talk about "when this happens we can do __________" We found that if you constantly live your life based on some event of the future you will lose out today. Tamara is good at reminding me of this principle. (it also helps when you don't know what you are doing tomorrow because you don't remember and don't write things down)