I see what I have to become and I recognise the time it will take.

Unwittingly, I have sailed through my entire life, so far, with neither direction nor destination.I had a vague instinct to reach dry land every once in a while for supplies, but never anything more than that.

You can only see your current horizon. Every time you move nearer to your desired destination, new horizons will become clear. New, previously hidden, opportunities will come into view.

To my shame, I had never thought to ask anything of the future, and yet woke each and every day embittered because it was never what I needed it to be.

Can a farmer plants his seeds and then demand the crops to grow before harvest?

If you put in the effort and focus towards a goal, you will get there quicker than most.

Men constantly miscalculate what they can do in a day, and grossly underestimate what can be achieved in a year.

The reward for living my life in this manner? An existence like that of a seagull picking up scraps from the back of a fishing boat. Surviving day to day. Nothing left for tomorrow and no idea what tomorrow should be.

Modesty be damned!