Answer:
If you're clear on your values, it helps you be clear on your priorities, know when to say yes or no to things and people and gives you a way to check in that you are creating a lifestyle that is aligned to what you believe is important.
I would say anxious, shocked, and concerned.
Some examples from the passage are..
"...with another bound of terror..."
"...from where I was then standing horror-struck."
"How was this to be explained?"
Answer: Presently it seemed that even the captain dozed, and the correspondent thought that he was <u>the one man afloat </u>on all the oceans.
Explanation: The mood of loneliness is conveyed by the correspondent feeling as if "he was <em>the one man afloat</em> on all the oceans. The image of the wind having a sad voice as it came over the waves further develops the mood.