Living like a Tug boat...

Tug boat, haven't we all seen one or used one or been one at some point of time in our lives. They are such an amazing things, with a fabulously ordinary story. Even the mightiest of ships, cargo , cruise liners etc need one, without fail. A large ship might be able to fight its way through the stormiest of weather, the tallest of waves and speed through the deepest points in the ocean, but it still needs some thing that can pull it across through the shallow waters and lead it out into the sea. Tug boats do that. Tirelessly. They don't belong to the deep sea, out there , they are no better then a floating barrel or the wooden logs of a shipwreck. They have a space from which they are indispensable, and where they help kick of great journeys.
Sure its the ship that braves the current, that fights the ocean's hungry jaws and comes out victorious. But don't forget who helps it get their. Tug boats rarely find mention in the tales of the glorious voyages a vessel has been to. Do all ships face the storm, do all ships get caught in the waves, no not all of them. In fact more often then not deep waters are smooth sailing for those big vessels with their giant, dirt free, scratch free propellers and their glistening bodies. And on the other hand, no journey starts or ends without the ship having to face the shallow slitted, slugged waters. Just because the ship overcame bigger obstacle on its own, the contribution of a boat can not be belittled.

Don't we all see that happening in our lives every day??

We have all been tugged in our lives , pushed or nudged around, maneuvered and turned around till we are ale to get up and get going on our own . We have all helped some one kick start their lives, that lead to big things. We have all at some point, soiled our selves with the sludge and slit of shallow waters, to make the other person go out and face the waves. The fact that you weren't around or not able to pull that person out of his troubled waters counts more then the fact that you gave him or her a chance to cross the seas. Some tug boats go on to be ships themselves, unaware of those little contributions people are making around them, but angry about the little things that they did to people that went unnoticed. Stop, if u are tired being some ones tug boat. Be your on ship and your own voyage.