“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
André Gide
We crave certainty. The shore represents what we know, what feels stable, what keeps us safe. Yet nothing new is found while holding tightly to familiarity. Gide reminds us that growth requires a kind of blindness, a willingness to move forward without seeing exactly where we will land.
Losing sight of the shore feels like risk. It feels like instability. But it is also the moment where possibility begins. Discovery does not happen in comfort. It happens in the stretch between fear and faith. Sometimes the life you are meant to live waits just beyond the place you are afraid to leave.
