By Captain Michael (@captmichael) ·
Tenet #1: You Don’t Control the Storm—Only How You Sail Through It
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I’ve spent enough time on the water to know this much—there’s no negotiating with a storm.
You don’t reason with it.
You don’t outthink it.
And you sure as hell don’t control it.
What you control is how you meet it.
I’ve seen people panic when the weather turns. Overcorrect. Freeze. Make things worse trying to force things back to how they think they should be.
Storm doesn’t care.
Life works about the same way.
Plans fall apart. Things break. People disappoint you. Your body doesn’t cooperate the way it used to. And no amount of frustration changes any of it.
That’s the moment.
That’s where the work is.
You adjust your sail.
You check your heading.
You stay steady.
Not because it’s easy—but because it’s the only thing that works.
Most people spend their lives trying to control the storm.
A few learn to sail.
Retired US Navy Special Operations Officer specializing in diving, salvage and exlosive ordnance disposal. Now living and sailing the Caribbean on our 46ft monohull sailboat.
