Have you guys ever watched a documentary movie maybe in NatGeo or some random clips in youtube about sailing ? I remember I watched an interesting documentary video on TV about it and the story was about how a fishing ship deals with a really bad weather and storm, and about how the captain and crews should do the best they can to save the ship. When I watched the movie, my heart was beating fast and my adrenalin was rushing to my brain. I love how they could handle such a critical situation like that and stayed calm.
As I watched the movie and paid attention to every task they did in between death and life situation like that, I can take at least 3 points why they could survive.
1. During a storm, they lifts the anchor and launch the ship into the ocean rather than staying close to the harbor and do nothing. If they stayed in the harbour, the storm will smash them to the harbour and break the ship.
2. They did not just lift the anchor but they steered into the storm. Especially when the huge wave come. They didn't try to go around it but with full power they go straight, because it will make the ships stable, not inverted and then sank.
3. If the weather was getting worse, they throw their cargos. They release everything the burdened the ship and let the ship be light, very basic, without any burden and then they go sail through the storm.
Why do I tell you this story? Because it reminded me of what Young & Feby had told us about their relationship. We had this amazing conversation when we were having our dinner in an Italian restaurant somewhere in Melbourne. Young told us that the first time he met Feby, he found this girl to be a really hardworking girl, very strong-willed and although she was raised in a totally different culture than him, Feby grew not into a childish girl but a tough one. This thing caught his attention and he fall for her.
If we look at them, they are really a well-matched couple. They shared a lot of things in common. No wonder if I often said that they really belong together. But actually they said there was a time when everything get so hard and everything seems so wrong. Sometimes there is a voice in their heart to just end what they've done. But they know that relationship is something that cannot taken for granted, it is something that we must fight for.
Sometimes relationship can get hard and rough, but just like the ship and the storm. Do not ever throw your anchor and stayed in the harbour, because it can break your ship and smash you into pieces. You just need to sail even further, steer to the storm and face it. And when everything get even worse, sometimes you just need to throw all your cargos. Whatever that burdens your ship. I call it to forgive and forget. It will make your ship lighter, more stable and we can focus only to face the storm and how to win over it.
Today I write this, I felt really blessed, because tomorrow we will see them tied their knot, and say a long life promise to love and to care for each other.
This will be a beautiful beginning for them, and we know they are more then ready to sail together.
Best
Artha
