Before I embark on today's journal entry let me first wish my inspiration a very happy 63rd birthday. While dining in port last evening, I was asked you do know who's birthday it really is tomorrow, (Here I am guessing the correct response would have been our Savior Jesus) and without missing a beat I replied "Why it's Jimmy Buffett's Birthday." Yes, that master of prose is taking another trip around the sun. As the season is upon us, I think it's only appropriate to use this song today.
Sail on the horizons gotta landfall rendezvous
Captain steers a well-known course, he steers straight & true
As he trims the sheets, he sings a song
He learned on boats and bars
Sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour 'neath the stars
He's traveled through the doldrums, typhoons and hurricanes
He's logged a million soggy miles with water on his brain
But Christmas is the season better suited for dry land
He'll tell some lies, meet some spies
And dance barefoot in the sand
The sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour on the hook
Caye con les, no work today, let's shell the ol' log book
The waterfront is reveling, the season has begun
The sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour having fun.
There's a party down at Le Selecte, music, rum and cheers
Faces in the shadows, God, I haven't seen for years
A mast & shroud fill with lights
'Neath the waning of the moon
They're an airy celebration in the realm of King Neptune.
Jesus was a fisherman who walked upon the sea
The North Pole is ocean's remote frozen balcony
The continents keep drifting but the children sing and play
'Cause nothing really matters, after all it's Christmas day
The sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour on the hook.
Vaye con les, no work today, he read it in a book
The waterfront is reveling, the season has begun
A sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour having fun
A sailor spends his Christmas in a harbour having fun
Havin' fun... havin' fun...havin' fun
Children of all ages playing is what it is about. This time of year has managed to become so commercialized that people have forgotten the meaning. It isn't the stores or the crowds, even Jesus might be tempted to throw a few elbows to get out of Best Buy or Wal Mart. It's about spending time in a harbour having fun! There aren't many harbours better than the one your family is in. So while in port this holiday season, make sure to not only stock up on your supplies for the next leg of your journey, but also to stock up on your fun. Because, in the end, we relish those fun times! (I think that even Jesus would want us to have fun!)
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