Tenacity

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.  ~ André Gide

Tenacity

You are the one who gets the job done. You

don’t wait to be told what to do, you can

find the work and you can do it. This is also true: you are never

the kind to sit on the shore. You cross

to the other side even if you have to paddle across what feels like the

ocean.

You paddle until

you know where you are going. You paddle until you

see the sun coming up to light your way, until you have

a clear view, until you have the

courage

to

lose

all the burdens you carry and set your sight

on the new path that starts at the distant edge of

the

barely visible shore.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2018