“A single storm at sea teaches a sailor more than a thousand calm days on land. Value the lessons of the storm, for they are the ones that truly save you.” 

Most of us prefer calm days to stormy ones, but it’s the storms that teach us the most. 

If we never experience storms in our life – we won’t be prepared for life. 

Life happens. Your car breaks down. You lose your wallet. A storm destroys your basement. You lose men on your ship when a storm hits. 

Life happens. 

The best way to be prepared is to experience storms early in your life. 

When you’re young it’s helpful to have a parent or captain lead you through your first storms, but you must learn how to handle the storms on your own.  

Storms will inevitably happen in your life – as they happen to everyone. 

Don’t fear the storm & don’t run away from it. 

Look at the storm & learn that it is here to help you become stronger.