Sailing uncharted waters

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.  [Thomas Aquinas]

I'm sure you're familiar with the axiom "nothing ventured, nothing gained", but the words of Thomas Aquinas entail so much more.  It's as though we, as the "captain" of our own ship, have a moral imperative to live our lives out of our comfort zone and venture into potentially rough, uncharted waters. 

 

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