Hi, I’m Lowell. I’m a lobster. Shell-bound, tide-tossed, salt-soaked. I’ve lived my whole life beneath waves, safe, hidden, expected. But sometimes, when the water is still and the moon is full, I look toward the shore.

And I wonder what it would be like to walk where the sea ends. Here are my 3 tide-tested, quietly-kept truths about longing:

1. You Can Belong Somewhere and Still Dream of Elsewhere

The ocean is my home, but that doesn’t mean I don’t ache for something else. Wanting more doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful. It just means you’re alive.

3. Even If You Never Go, It Matters That You Look

Maybe I’ll never reach the land. But looking at it, dreaming of it, lets me see myself more clearly. Longing is a kind of lighthouse. It shows you what matters, even from far away.

Final Thought from Lowell

We don’t always get the things we yearn for. But the yearning itself teaches us something honest about who we are. So today, let yourself wonder. Let yourself want.

Because dreams?Sometimes they don’t take you anywhere new. They just take you deeper into yourself.