A Distant Place

That distance is not your enemy. It is your engine. It is the space where hope lives. Keep going. The distant place is waiting. It has always been waiting. And as long as you can imagine it, it will never disappear.

The value of the distant place is not in its conquest, but in its gravity. It pulls us forward. It prevents us from settling into a life of quiet desperation. It whispers that there is still mystery in the world, that not everything has been mapped, and that somewhere, over that ridge, the air smells different and the light falls softer. A Distant Place