Posted
9:48 AM
by Gene
A story like
this makes us realize not only is yours truly puny, he is virtually non-existent. But then so many of us live waking deaths. Of course it helps to have some wherewithal to engage in a seven-year sea voyage around the world, but how many of us could barter for our provisions? And how many of us could bear the same company day in and day out for seven years? This is a truly remarkable family and I profoundly envy them, and their intense spirit further underlines that most of us (yours truly definitely included) lack a true will to live.