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Category: Moving

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October 6, 2021
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Set Sail

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.“

– William Arthur Ward

“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving – we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it – but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.“
– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

These ship paintings are appropriate for my life right now. I stand on a shore on which I have built a pretty comfortable life. It is hard to leave the familiar, even if the familiar is not working any more. Some big changes are on the horizon for me and my family. Setting sail for new adventures, maybe…

“There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.“
– The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame