Last Sunday was bursting with joy and a winter sunlight. The day started with the delighted voices on the other end of the line. A grateful crew was calling us from Middle East to say that after months of frustration, waiting and helpless anger, their problem was finally resolved and they can go home. The perspective of seing their families and simply being able to rest in their own bed seemed like an unatteinable dream, but now it's going to turn into a true reality. The sailors can sense a firm ground beneath their feet again and think of the sea nostalgically hoping that their next ship will lead them towards the less challenging destinations.

With the joy and overwhelming feeling of freedom an inevatable sadness is present in our conversation. Now, when everyone's free to go and dive back into their own life, we suddenly relised that this hard situation brought us together, allowed people involved to support and care for each other in all sort's of different ways. Perhaps Budhists would say that we improved each other's carma. And maybe we did!

A successful resolution of the case brings encouraging sutisfaction. In moments like that the entire job with it's challengies and stresses makes perfect sense and wish to obtain the best possible results get's stronger. It is quite magical to think that we can make a real difference in people's lives on the other side of the globe! But any magic happens once in a while in a midst of hard work and, yes, disapointments. Having said that, deep down there is always a secret hope for a happy call like that.