Nautical Miles - Away from Love (ePub)

cannot call a fire brigade? Or is it for staying thousands of miles away from your loved ones who don't even know how you are and where you are till the time you don't call them because they cannot?
I combined all these reasons and could not set a price for the work. I sailed for six months and could go out only four times and that too ended up being a shopping complex nearest to the port. All other things did not bother me because they are a part and parcel of the profession and nothing can be done about it. But I got stuck and started to think of reasons as to why the existing necessities are not being provided. I saw the reality of the on board life and compared it to the distance of the people on land from this reality.
I felt as if I went a century or two back in time. I saw the lack of two-way communication there, the suffering of the people on board and their families back home, mine included. My inspiration was right there. I had a beautiful and touching story to tell and a cause attached and I could think of a better combination to start writing. It took me nine and a half months of being underground and not meeting people because I knew that no one would understand. But, this was one one thing I genuinely believed needed to be written about and that belief and inspiration drove me forward in those nine and a half months. All the observations and thoughts automatically started flowing in the form of words and I started loving it.
I am blessed to have the best of parents who have always been there with me, supported me and taught me to take things on the chin rather than running away from them. I have the best of friends who have always been there for me even in the weirdest hour. It was my second last month on board that I decided to write a book on this life and told my third engineer about it. He was someone who treated me just like his younger brother and he never stopped believing in me. I hope that he doesn't feel let down after reading it.
I always knew that no one is including me would read a book on this life if I randomly write about it and raise a cause. But, I also knew that if I attach entertainment, love and emotions in the form of a story to it, it will reach out to people. All stories end with a full stop, but this is probably one of the rare ones which ends with a question mark. This is the most heart felt thing I have ever done. This is the most satisfying thing I have ever done. But, this is only as far as I could take it alone. I decided to write a story and bring it in front of the very same people we sail months for and let them decide and raise a voice too. I hope this is read by millions, it reaches out to billions and finally to the people concerned.