setting out on the voyage to Ithaka
you must pray that the way be long,
full of adventures and experiences.
...

be quite old when you anchor at the island
rich with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to give you riches.

Ithaka has given you your lovely journey.
without Ithaka you would not have set out.
Ithaka has no more to give you now.

poor though you find it, Ithaka has not cheated you.
wise as you have become, with all your experience,
you will have understood the meaning of an Ithaka.

"Ithaka", Cavafy


three months left to go...