I feel that by helping someone else reach their goals and realize their dreams, that my own just naturally happen. Having a sense of true, unbiased, love for all our fellow humans opens our hearts and minds to the many wonders of this life. We have the ability to achieve great things if we help others achieve. Nothing is impossible or improbable with the help of others. With many people doing a little, magnificent accomplishments follow.
MY DIVING:
We went to Black River Falls, Wisconsin on Monday. The diving was great. The sun was out, just a slight breeze, and the water was beautiful. We made a dive to 125 feet. The water temp was 43 degrees F. The visibility was around 50 feet once we got below 100 feet. We made the dive along one of our favorite walls. It is almost sheer (just a slight angle). Lake Wazee is an abandoned iron ore mine that was allowed to fill. The county took it over several years ago and has turned it into a diving mecca. It is one of the best diving sites in the upper Midwest (I think it is the best). Divers come from all across the country to dive here. It has the best visibility of pretty much anywhere in fresh water. It is 361 feet deep at its deepest, so it is used for training by commercial divers. It is used for depth and decompression training for wreck divers. The walls make for easy diving because we have a reference. We'll probably go back this weekend and do some more diving.
My shipwreck of the week for this week is the Sandusky. Location: This wreck lies 5.2 miles west of Old Mackinac Point. The brig Sandusky (110' x 25'1"), built in 1848 at her namesake, Sandusky, Ohio, foundered with all seven hands and a grain cargo in a storm on September 20, 1856. The wreck, located by Chuck and Jeri Feltner's team on May 2, 1981, sits upright and intact with magnificent sights such as the scrolled figurehead (even though this one, compliments of several Detroit area divers from the Ford Seahorses Scuba Dive Club, is a precise replica of the original, which was damaged in a bungled theft attempt in 1988 and is now in a museum), completely intact bowsprit with chains, bow anchors, and windlass. The Sandusky, excellently preserved, is the oldest located and most visited shipwreck in the Straits of Mackinac. (The Great Lakes Diving Guide, Chris Kohl, 2008). Her depth is 70 - 84 feet, well within the range of advanced certified divers.
MY FAITH:
My shipwreck of the week for this week is the Sandusky. Location: This wreck lies 5.2 miles west of Old Mackinac Point. The brig Sandusky (110' x 25'1"), built in 1848 at her namesake, Sandusky, Ohio, foundered with all seven hands and a grain cargo in a storm on September 20, 1856. The wreck, located by Chuck and Jeri Feltner's team on May 2, 1981, sits upright and intact with magnificent sights such as the scrolled figurehead (even though this one, compliments of several Detroit area divers from the Ford Seahorses Scuba Dive Club, is a precise replica of the original, which was damaged in a bungled theft attempt in 1988 and is now in a museum), completely intact bowsprit with chains, bow anchors, and windlass. The Sandusky, excellently preserved, is the oldest located and most visited shipwreck in the Straits of Mackinac. (The Great Lakes Diving Guide, Chris Kohl, 2008). Her depth is 70 - 84 feet, well within the range of advanced certified divers.
MY FAITH:
Our God works in strange and mysterious ways. I was struggling to find something that would continue the thought of helping others that we may grow ourselves when one of my books, "Coping", fell on the floor. It was open and the page contained this prayer: "Sometimes I can be standing next to a friend Father, and feel a great distance between us . . . sometimes I want to cry out, but have no voice. Only You perceive my uncertain presence. Only You hear the words I cannot bring to my lips. You see me watching You from the roadside, and You reach through the throng to take my hand and bring me close to You. You let me walk with You part of the way, until my step is strong--and then You send me along another road looking for others who have lost their place in the crowd."
Helping others is contagious. The more we give away, the more we get back. It seems that helping others is God's will and wish for us. Take time each day to help someone you know and someone you don't know. It doesn't have to be something large and obvious, but do a good deed each day for someone you know and another for someone you don't know. It will amaze you how just simple little acts of kindness can pay huge dividends at a later time.
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Helping others is contagious. The more we give away, the more we get back. It seems that helping others is God's will and wish for us. Take time each day to help someone you know and someone you don't know. It doesn't have to be something large and obvious, but do a good deed each day for someone you know and another for someone you don't know. It will amaze you how just simple little acts of kindness can pay huge dividends at a later time.
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