Plowing Forward

I have been reminded again how I am behind my peers. Though the console of a friend  of mine during an evening tea time was helpful, it still takes some effort to shake off the insecurities that distracts me from my current mission.

The journey will be daunting since the horizon still appears to be menacingly far away but in reality I am almost at the end. There is a temptation to compensate my lack of distance by focusing on other "successes" but I must not falter.

A swimming advice comes to me at this moment, given by someone I know from long ago. An advice particularly on swimming in open seas:

"Do not focus on your destination. The sea will fool you into thinking that you have not moved an inch. Most people will react by swimming harder and faster. And you will get tired quicker. And drown. Be patient. And keep stroking."

And so,

I will.