Leaving

When the ship leaves port and disappears over the horizon, those left on the dock watch it disappear and lament it leaving.  Watching it leave is tinged with sadness and regret.  For the ship that is leaving, this is outstanding, because the need to be missed is as strong as the need to be wanted.

The same ship appears on the opposite horizon and there are people waiting expectantly on that dock.  For the arriving ship this is just as outstanding as leaving because the need to be wanted is as strong as the need to be missed.

Watching things leave and waiting for them to arrive will always make your heart ache more than it ever should.  In everyone's life it is unavoidable.  Part of life is watching things leave and waiting for other things to arrive.   You have to resolve to balance the time being a sailing ship and the time waiting on the dock.   Like almost everything else, too much of one and not enough of the other never works well.  Resolve time to spend more time as the sailing ship and a little less on the dock.

Never equate travel with distance, they are not the same thing.

Love Dad....