about awareness

 "For if the fish’s course held true I must see it for many more  hours. "I wonder how the baseball came out in the grand leagues today, he thought. It would be wonderful to do this with a radio."

Then he thought, think of it always. Think of what you are doing. You must do nothing stupid.

Then he said aloud, “I wish I had the boy. To help me and to see this.”

"No one should be alone in their old age, he thought. But it is unavoidable. I must

remember to eat the tuna before he spoils in order to keep strong. Remember, no matter how little you want to, that you must eat him in the morning. Remember," he said to himself.  "

 Ernest Hemingway - The old man and the sea