Denny's, San Jose (California, USA), October 2019 A steaming mug of coffee on the table, looking forward to the future now as alone as before. Wrapping my mind around the idea of comforting solitude as my one and only companion on this vital journey far away from dreams past. A journey to rediscover my own strength, my energy, my worth, a journey, too, to get reacquainted with my weaknesses, my limits, my brakes. On my own, carrying my luggage, my tools, myself: I put into practice what I learned and lived, what I apprehended. I break undaunted my limits. Even though it is hard to go back to the innocent energy of starting over, even though it is hard to go back to the company of solitude, I go forth in the light of a conscience at peace. Step by step, like at dawn, the false sensation vanishes of having lost control, of being adrift on a hostile stream. In my hands rudder and halyards, I am sailing into a luminous horizon in