12/23/23 CHECK OUT THE MESSAGE

12/23/23 CHECK OUT THE MESSAGE

I keep throwing the same bottle out, with the same message in it. The chance of this message in this virtual bottle being seen by the person or persons I want to reach is greater throwing one into the ocean, but it appears the probability of it actually reaching someones heart is almost nil.
I have come to realize through the years that there a lot of folks like myself: waiting. and watching the horizon for the return of a loved one. Knowing that the return is a short step, but someones anger, pride, love of this world makes the return impossible.

Maybe you have a loved one that you have tried to reach, but to no avail. Time is fleeting, opportunities are waning. Doors have been closed, lines have been cut, but still, you hope. I know how it is. So I send out this bottle with a message. Maybe someone will see it and respond.
Please read my original post with the photo. 

I WROTE THIS IN 2012. I am "sending" it again, with tears in my eyes and hope in my heart. I love you.

10/06/12 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE...
A message in a bottle is a note, placed in a sealed bottle and thrown overboard, in hope that someone will find the message. This is an internet message in a bottle.
Message...
I love you.
I miss you.
I want the best for you.
I want to hear from you.
Love,
Signed... (you know who I am).

Explanation
I was actually saying that the MESSAGE is from me, but I wear various hats. I am a husband, a father, a grandfather, an in-law, uncle, cousin, nephew, pastor, friend. So, the message was for someone who would call me by one of those titles.

The message is open, but the relationship is private. This virtual MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE was directed to someone I love, someone I miss, someone I want to hear from.

They may or may not realize it is them, but that is the way it goes with messages in bottles. Sometimes they are discovered and sometimes they just drift in the currents of life or wash up on a deserted island.

My MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE is impersonal, in that it does not say anything specific, or implicate a certain person. It is really very general.... except for the person who finds it washed up on their beach. Hopefully they will hear the depth of concern and respond.

Maybe a "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE" is not a bad way to send out our love to people. You may say, "Why not just tell them?" Well, we do tell them, but for various reasons, they don't always get the message. Just like a message in a bottle, it is like a desperate, maybe final, attempt to reach someone.