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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.