I wanna be a drunken sailor.

Frederick Buechner, in his collection of sermons, writes:

"Be kind enough to yourselves not just to play it safe with your lives for your own sakes, but to spend at least part of your lives like drunken sailors - for God's sake, if you believe in God, for the world's sake, if you believe in the world - and thus to come alive truly."

I love that challenge to show kindness to yourself by shelving apprehension and going for the gusto. It is a challenge that I needed today.

The pirate's life for me,
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