This quote is amazing to me. It would seem that if we have something that needs to be accomplished, then we have to leave the shore sometimes no matter the weather;
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore." ~ Vincent Van Gogh
I think there are tough things that always seem to lie ahead and if we wait for those things to simply go away, we may never get to where we need to be and accomplish what we have to.
And, on top of that I am reminded that with this quote being so old, people of yesteryears faced grave danger too and that truly nothing is new under the sun. We shouldn't feel so alone.