Losing sight of shore

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." attributed to Andre Gide.



As a kid, I once heard that saying and it must have affected my psyche deeply. I thought of my father, who left the motherland on a ship to some unknown land, in order to make his fortune. Then again, he uprooted my mother and brother in order to come here, to the US, with nothing more than they could fit in two suitcases, and the money he could carry in his pocket.

I am feeling this quote quite deeply these days.
I feel as though I've lost sight of shore, or I'm about to, and soon, land will only be a memory. I'll search the horizon for two years, looking for signs of it.

When I step on land again, what will I be? Who will I be? What will I think, know, feel?

I'm boarding ship.
And the wind is in my sails.