With the support of the universe, you'll be able to overcome any obstacles in your way. Take advantage of this burst of inspiration and start tackling those long-overdue projects. Libra, you are feeling especially motivated and energized today! You have a renewed sense of purpose and direction that has been missing for some time. Libra Daily Horoscope, July 15, 2023: Today, Libras may find themselves dealing with internal conflicts as their rational and emotional sides battle for control. However, they have the power to maintain a balance and seek harmony in all aspects of life. Today, Libras may find themselves dealing with internal conflicts as their rational and emotional sides battle for control. We have no idea, but with the story of John Howland, we have a glimpse into what may not have been had one thing turned differently.ĭean Poling is an editor with The Valdosta Daily Times and editor of The Tifton Gazette.Daily Horoscope Prediction says, harmony is Your Middle Name Today, Libra! The close calls that litter our genetic trail through the ages, the close calls overcome, the ones who disappeared, the moments that brought each and everyone of us to here and now. We never know of the impact of what might have been had one moment gone another way. We never know of the impact one life may have. Generations of people vanished had Howland missed the halyard or had his grip broken by the roiling sea.Īll of those people who likely served in America’s wars, who started businesses, who moved away, who did good and bad, who gave birth to generations upon generations for the past 400 years, gone. One can only imagine how many people, possibly people we’ve known, maybe even ourselves, who would not have been had Howland not grabbed the halyard. After all, tens of millions claim to be descendants of the relatively few Pilgrims who sailed the Atlantic then survived the first months at Plymouth. One can only imagine how many Americans are the result of John Howland. Howland’s 10 children gave him 88 grandchildren.Įighty-eight grandchildren who had children, who had children, who had children, untold thousands, perhaps millions of people, stemming from this one man in the New World of the 1600s. Writing a decade later, one pilgrim recounted Howland’s near-death experience, noting that Howland had married and was on his way to fathering 10 children. Sailors saw him go overboard and hauled him back onto the Mayflower. Howland was in his mid-20s and strong, and when his hand found the halyard, he gripped the rope with such feral desperation that even though he was pulled down more than 10 feet below the ocean’s surface, he never let go.” But dangling over the side and trailing behind the ship was the topsail halyard, the rope used to raise and lower the upper sail. “Howland staggered to the ship’s rail and tumbled into the sea. “The Mayflower lurched suddenly to leeward,” Philbrick writes. Howland stepped onto the deck and immediately learned that a storm-tossed ship’s deck was no place for a land-lubbing pilgrim. He and the other pilgrims were below decks, trying to keep safe from a storm at sea. He’s a young fellow who fell overboard the Mayflower.Īs Nathaniel Philbrick writes in his book, “Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War,” Howland wanted some fresh air on the famed ship. 15-How many of us have met the descendants of John Howland?įor that matter, how many of us might be descendants of John Howland?
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