According to all sentences above, after criticising, they all are hidden meanings. For the first sentence above, the writer wants to tell the reader that how far he has come, how many experiences and situations he has ever met. He just compared his life as a paper ship that how far it sails and how many obstructions it gets while it sails.
According to the rest sentences from paragraph one, the writer wants to tell the reader that, “ The show must go on.” All lives have to keep going as long as they can breathe. The writer was happy to experience with many different knids of persons he met when woked. And now he is proud of himself that he could pass those hard situations. He never give up and never be afraid of any problems he will have in the future.