11/12/24 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (REPEAT)

11/12/24 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (REPEAT)

Here I go again. Maybe someone will get this message.

12/23/23 CHECK OUT THE MESSAGE
I keep throwing the same bottle out with the same message in it. The chance of this message in this virtual bottle being seen by the person or persons I want to reach is greater than throwing one into the ocean, but it appears the probability of it actually reaching someone's heart is almost nil.

I have come to realize through the years that there are a lot of folks like myself waiting and watching the horizon for the return of a loved one. Though I know that their return is a short step, I also know that people's anger, pride, and their love of this world may make their return impossible.

Maybe you have a loved one that you have tried to reach, but to no avail. Time is fleeting, and opportunities are waning. Doors have been closed, and lines have been cut, but still, you hope. I know how it is. So, I am sending out this bottle with a message. Maybe someone will see it and respond.

Please read my original post.
Here is my post, which I wrote in 2012 and sent again in 2023.

From 2012.
I am "sending" it again, with tears in my eyes and hope in my heart. I love you.
10/06/12 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE...
A message in a bottle is a note placed in a sealed bottle and thrown overboard in the hope that someone will find the message. This is an internet message in a bottle.
Message...
I love you.
I miss you.
I want the best for you.
I want to hear from you.
Love,
Signed... (you know who I am).

Explanation
I was actually saying that the MESSAGE is from me, but I wear various hats. I am a husband, a father, a grandfather, an in-law, uncle, cousin, nephew, pastor, and friend. So, the message was for someone who would call me by one of those titles.

The message is open, but the relationship is private. This virtual MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE was directed to someone I love, someone I miss, someone I want to hear from.

They may or may not realize it is them, but that is the way it goes with messages in bottles. Sometimes, they are discovered, and sometimes, they just drift in the currents of life or wash up on a deserted island.

My MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE is impersonal, in that it does not say anything specifically or implicate a certain person. It is really very general.... except for the person who finds it washed up on their beach. Hopefully they will hear the depth of concern and respond.

Maybe a "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE" is not a bad way to send out our love to people. You may say, "Why not just tell them?" Well, we do tell them, but for various reasons, they don't always get the message. Just like a message in a bottle, it is like a desperate, maybe final, attempt to reach someone.
Another thought (November 12, 2024)...
Share this post with a friend. Maybe it will reach my loved one.

Maybe it will touch someone who needs to make amends before it is too late.