Hello dear friend,
Believing before it was popular....
Many famous people or an enterprise reaches its place of stardom when a critical mass of people following surges to a swell and then to a tsunami of support that only can be described as a phenomenon.
But can there be stardom before something or someone become famous?
I guess the logical answer to this question is absolutely, YES!
The measure of greatness of any person or organisation is weighed by the internal fortitude to rise above the challenges it faces, not just put up a brave face but one that truly believes that its elevation or depth for that matter is fathomed by the integrity and the purpose of its existence.
But such intangible is only reserved for those who exist not because it requires to be noticed nor admired but has the understanding of it's right to exist and an intrinsic and deep foreknowledge of purpose and desire to serve.
It has been my privilege to serve with people of such caliber and purpose. Though diverse yet united in focus and sublime in its intention to serve rather than to be served.
People support initiatives and movements that at times had shown great success in its field of endeavor, rightly so. However, it takes a visionary to spot something with mass and weight even though it was invisible to many and it takes a truly generous person to give of its own accord before the fuzzy feelings.
As a good friend of mine has quoted before.... "Love is not a feeling, it is a Choice."
Believing in something before it was popular requires that kind of love that a mother possesses for its child, looking through the lens of hope and faith that one day this child will be a world changer.
Many rise to fame and popularity because they want to be admired, but very few find that narrow road which is the desire of every living person, to be remembered. But the quality of that memory lie in the character not just the deed of that entity.
So we travel this year into the south pacific bringing with us the three most important aspects of our humanity.... faith, hope and love. As we set our goals of reaching thousands of people in three nations would you join us again in believing in this mission before it was popular.
Sincerely yours,
Capt. Jesse Misa
and the Crew and Staff
of Marine Reach and the
Pacific Hope
