A Walk on the Beach Quotes

“And so,” I say, “I wish for all of you that you remain as unfinished as the shoreline along the beach and that you continue to transcend yourselves again and again.”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

“My perspective was altered by the foreign and natural beauty, that’s for sure, and I did come to realize that life works best when there is a flow between times of intentional quiet and informed action.”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

“emotion. “You must go through some things crying all the way if you’re ever going to live with them without crying.” “What was that?” she asks, suddenly straightening up her body. “A quote from Howard Thurman. It makes sense, doesn’t it?”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

“While in Peru I had committed to memory several sayings to bolster my courage, and just now one, by the Native American Regal Black Swan, comes to mind: “The only way to pass the test is to take the test.”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

“A Japanese scholar, Raicho Hiratsuka, said that. In order not to fail in the end, you have to be dependent on yourself, and know that you can handle things, and most importantly, bring a little humor into the despair. Lightness, imagination, flexibility—these are the things that go into making a new start.”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

“Many a woman makes it a goal to know her man without knowing herself, first. She sees loving him as the solution to her problems, but love soon becomes the center of her problem. She is thinking rather than feeling her way through the relationship and eventually becomes isolated from the very essence of herself. That is a tragedy,” she explains.”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

“It only takes one, you know, one person to utterly approve of you and you’re on the way.”
― Joan Anderson, A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman