Drifting away or sailing home?

The other day I heard an interesting story on the radio.

A father and his son were sailing a homemade boat that they had worked diligently on together. The boat managed to drift away from them in the quiet waves and was distancing itself more and more until it became unreachable.

The young boy was greatly concerned and asked his daddy what they could do to save the boat. The father began to pick up stones and throw them in the direction of their fragile treasure. As the stones hit the water, the ripples brought the boat back toward its glad owners.

Do you ever feel this way? Do you feel like y...