I had enjoyed an uplifting matinee movie, and then got the usual surprise at seeing it still daytime outside; actually the early part of a magnificent sunset filling half the sky. I wandered away from the theatre, a bit uphill, until I came to a very wide set of steps with just a few stumps of stone columns still on the plinth. There was a trickle of water coming down the steps, and I followed it up. There, I saw a small stream coming across a desert, and pooling just a bit at the top of the steps. There, grounded, was a complete 50-passenger lifeboat in good condition. It helped me to realize that my concerns are temporary, and efforts often misguided.
