Today in the Guardian there is an article about a 16 year old girl Laura, and her battle to sail solo around the world.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/23/laura-dekker-sailing-heroine-times

She said the battle to be able to allowed to do it was harder than the voyage itself.

What makes a young woman want to sail around the world all on her own?  What enables her to stick to her determination to do it?

Laura describes her love of sailing – and first sailed solo at the age of six.  And she says ‘At sea I feel comfortable and I come to rest’.  Even more insightful for one so young (although she may not of course realise the metaphor for life she is using), she says  ”Sometimes I try [to] adjust the sails to make us go faster, but mostly I simply enjoy the endless silky blue ocean and the quiet peace that it brings”

I wonder if she is still wonderfully connected to that innate sense of curiosity and sense of adventure that we all come into the world with.  Most of us have forgotten much of it by the time we are 16 until we take the time to remember it.

Stay connected Laura.