If lighthouses weren't automated now I honestly think i wouldn't mind being a lighthouse keeper. Obviously, I have never experienced it before but its essentially living by the sea with two fellow human being, if I were able to tolerate said people and even if i enjoyed their company i think that would be a marvelous life. Albeit I would require an internet connection and in this day and age ( when light house keepers are no longer needed)I'm pretty sure i'd have an internet connection there. If not an internet connection then the very least a few dozen books and some ambiance music, preferably The Best of Enya but this at the very minimum for luxury goods. I wouldn't be able to travel as much as i would like to new lands and I wouldn't be making much money but i think id be quite content admiring the area in which I'm living in and just absorbing all that nature has to offer and being in a lighthouse by the sea i would see a considerable bit of mother natures wrath as well. It should be stated that I'm referring to a lighthouse on the coast of Scotland, well that is what i always picture when thinking of lighthouses, near small towns which can be seen in the distance and the light house close to a cliff with roaring water just a few hundred feet away and the sky -- grey with a storm brewing.
Cold as the northern winds
In December mornings,
Cold is the cry that rings
From this far distant shore.
My light shall be the moon
And my path - the ocean.
My guide the morning star
As I sail home to you.
Enya - Exile
A Reason
Why We Do It
that's a really interesting aspiration. i think everyone needs some time on their own. books are probably the best company one could keep in such situations.
ReplyDeletemaybe if your lighthouse was situated near some quaint little town if you craved for human company? (or food)
i've always wanted to visit Scotland. i have family there, kind of. estranged i suppose.
p.s. i like being a 'citizen' of your blog! and your header is really cool, too.
i would like it to be situated near a small town, I've always lived in big cities (Karachi (11 years) and Toronto ( 7 years) and i do enjoy living in them as they have their advantages and are fantastic in their own right but perhaps its because of the fact that ive lived in huge cities, some of the largest in the world, that i want to just live a peaceful simple life. sure money and what no appeals to me but i think i would be content earning enough to live comfortable. by no means would i be able to survive living alone by myself (no one would, thats why all modern light houses which are not automated have 3 lighthouse keepers as many light houses are only accessible by boats and they get cut off from the main land for days at a stretch and if there is only one light house keeper no one would know if he died, and if there are two light house keepers if one died and they are cut off from the mainland the living lighthouse keeper went mad, this actually happened, I cant remember the name but this happened in a lighthouse in the U.K. and thus this became the law that there must be three people keeping a lighthouse.) As I was saying before I got rudely interrupted by my own thoughts is that I need to be able to talk to people, in no way am I a social butterfly but I would be bored to death without the company of another human.
ReplyDeleteIve never been to Scotland either, I want to go and hopefully I will soon go, a road trip across Europe is being planned but I doubt that it will happen but there is always that small ray of hope for such things. Estranged family is still family, which is how most of my extended family is, even some relatives who live in the same house as I do, I sometimes dont see them for weeks on end. But ending on a more positive note I'm delighted that you like being a 'citizen' and currently the only one, I'm not sure if I told you but the Tract of Pandarium is a micronation and something I want to possibly build into a proper country one day because I'm a citizen of Earth so whats stopping me from claiming a piece of land as my own ( most likely an island) and starting a country... a micro nation. Lastly, the header is one of the many smaller life philosophies I have, the main one being ' Live and Let Live' a slightly modified version of that, modified to the extent of only condoning things i deem completely unethical and immoral etc. Essentially understanding both sides of the argument and not really taking a side unless it is of utmost importance or if it goes against my moral/ethical code. The simplest example I can think of would be Gay Rights, I dont care if you're gay or if you're not and I'm equally okay if you're pro gay or against them, I still have my view which i'll stick to and wont really care what you say and what your views are.
I know im just going on forever and talking about all this extra stuff which just came out of no where. But I have this thought at the back of my mind that I have quite the insight into your life through your blog and since my life is rather mundane I must make up for it by telling (ranting) about these quirks about me.