Family and some friends are puzzled as to why I would take a "flyer" in a down economy. I'll admit to a few butterflies of my own.
Encouragement has come from a wide spectrum of sources, those who believe I need to get a handle on my life. Those of a more spiritual or cosmological persuasion allude to a "hole in my energy center". Those who have done this trip before extoll the wonders to be experienced. And then there are those who would live vicariously through me.
Suffice to say, with a career in tatters yet again, I need to find not only the "where" but the "how" to be. I have always worked hard, tried hard, cared with the end result being disillusionment, mine and my employers'. So this voyage is as much about inward discovery as about sailing away.
I have often said I want to sail towards something, not away from something. This trip is both. I'm just not sure where the "towards" will lead me.
To those who feel let down by my going, in particular a daughter who desperately needs help with college expenses, please believe this is not a frivolous exercise. I am not running away to sea. I am urgently trying to find a sustainable path enabling me to be what you need and want of me.
When does a trip begin? When the need to go far exceeds the need to stay.
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Finding happiness at the helm! A concept I can truly get behind. Moving on, growing, change... all good. Sometimes the best move is to "Cut and Run" I just wish it were I doing it. I'll be one living vicariously. Looking forward to following the trip.
ReplyDeleteBonne Chance, Bon Courage Whisper.
"Cut and Run" - an old nautical term
If a captain of a smaller ship encountered a larger enemy vessel, he might decide that discretion is the better part of valor, and so he would order the crew to cut (not literally)the lashings on all the sails and run away before the wind. Or, Cut and Run meant to cut the anchor cable and sail off in a hurry.
Ah, my brave friend and Captain. How I envy you. I, too will be living vicariously through your adventures, only to one day do some of the same myself. When things get quiet and...and too warm, think of the cold winter nights on Whisper, when she was docked in Newport! Stay safe and well...let the adventures begin!
ReplyDeleteSail safe my friend. Ah, Whisper, you elegant Lady...keep safe and we look forward to your marvelous adventures. DV
ReplyDeleteWell...what a dichotomy...I here at Harvard...over-educating myself,as Whisper and her Captain sail on in my dream of one day capturing that allure. Stay safe, keep harness attached, as this sailor has a hearty harp ale waiting upon arrival on the East Coast. Int he meantime, I will envy your moves, and admiring your courage along the way.
ReplyDeletePanacea and Her captain:-)