The interesting thing about living on an island is that no matter which direction you choose to travel, you'll eventually reach the point where you can go no further. Unless a miracle occurs and then you find yourself walking on top rather than sinking below. Last time I checked, miracles were few and far in between unless I missed Oprah being cancelled...
Islands...riiiight.
So, the trick to living on an island is making sure you picked the right one, for if you have not, it doesn't matter where you go, you're not going to get very far, regardless of goals or determination. And if you do decide to brave the waters, then you have an awfully daunting task ahead...you can only swim for so long, then you're treading water. Spend too long getting nowhere and you'll find yourself sinking soon enough.
Thoreau wrote " Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this."
Keep in mind that Thoreau once lived on an island and his dying last words were "Now comes good sailing..."
He also wrote "If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
phew...
Landlocked or not, if you're not braving the currents, one always runs the risk of being pulled under by the undertow of apathy, indecision or worse;
standing still...treading water...
You need not be an Olympic caliber swimmer to move forward nor do you need to take swimming lessons, after all, we're all born knowing how to swim, hell, we spent 9 months submerged.
Better to dogpaddle slowly than to stand on shore looking out.
If only they would make water wings that go with my shoes...
now THAT, is true confidence, my little fishies.
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