The book “Don’t sweat the small stuff” by Richard Carlson makes for good reading. It’s packed with tips for successfully navigating life. This has certainly been a year where small things have been magnified. I’ve often found myself sweating the “small stuff.”
I’ve realized that sweating the “small stuff” leaves me no energy for facing the bigger battles in life. Yet “small stuff”can help deal with “big stuff” if we allow it to develop and not just “sweat” us.
Lightships or floating lighthouses and their crews could not sweat the “small stuff.” They were anchored in dangerous and strategic places where lighthouses could not be built. They were built for the “big stuff.” They weathered wind, rain, storms and hurricanes in the open seas.
Their history of weathering challenges made them perfect candidates for guarding the important harbors of the United States during World War II.
Lightships were armed and became a deterrent to German U boats patrolling the East coast of the United States. “Big stuff” indeed.
Voices of Lighthouses 