It Only Gets Better

Sail Boats Have Souls

The Ship of Theseus is an ancient philosophical thought experiment that explores the nature of identity over time. The core question it raises is: If all the components of an object are replaced, one by one, until none of the original material remains, is it still fundamentally the same object?

It used the example of a boat - very appropiately - asking if over time all the parts of a boat are replaced in repairs - is it the same boat you started with? As a sailboat owner I can tell you I have asked that very same question many, MANY, times.

Owning a sailboat my bank account is most definitely not the same bank account I started with - not even remotely. So much so that I think they should change the account numbers.

But getting back to the boat.

Is it the same boat? Is it frustrating at times, a huge money pit, in a state of disrepair always? - yep - check, check, check. Same boat.

But here is the real reason she’s the same. Her heart, her soul, her lessons, and the way she talks to me - the way she makes me feel - has not changed one bit - it’s only gotten better.