Dear Friends,
Nothing made her happier than sailing in that boat. Ask anyone who knew her, and they would talk of how proud she was of her boat.
But, the boat had a problem. It had a hole in the floor.
Friends pointed out the hole to the woman. They knew she loved her boat and would want to fix the floor.
But, whenever someone told her about the hole, the woman would reply, "What do you mean there's a hole in the floor of my boat? I put the floor in myself, so I know that it's perfect."
The longer the hole went unfixed, the larger it got. Eventually the boat started to sink.
The woman went to experts and asked how to fix her boat. They told her it was simple, all she had to do was fix the hole in the floor.
"What hole?" she'd demand angrily. "I put in the floor of he boat myself. It's perfect. You must be wrong."
But, the boat continued to sink. So, the woman decided to fix the boat herself.
First, she tried painting the boat. "Ahh what a beautiful color! My boat is the prettiest boat in the harbor," she admired. But, still the boat sank.
The woman was determined to sail though. She loved sailing.
So, next she put a bigger sail on the boat. "Ahh, what a beautiful big sail. I can go faster than any other boat" she admired. But, still the boat sank.
In fact, no matter what the woman did the boat still sank.
Sadly, the woman no longer sails. She lost the boat all together when it sank.
But, she watched her boat sink knowing that no mater what, she had put in a perfect floor on the boat.
(from "The Perfect Boat" by Rikki Lee Travolta, copyright 1999)
We all have faults. Some people spend their entire lives denying they have fault at all. Others will acknowledge there are problems, as long as they don't have to address what it really is.
Often times the first step to fixing the problems in our lives is the most difficult: recognizing what the problem really is.
As always, you are my family. I love you all.
Peace Love Trust
rikki lee travolta
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