I have recently been reading books about sailing and being on the ocean.

This book was recommended to me by Mark but I started to read the swellwhich turned out To be the wrong book. The swell by babies Reynolds was a psychological thriller and not a book about surfinngand sailing as I eas expecting.the two books could not have been more different. I am so glad I ditched the swell and read swell

This is probably not the best synopsis of the book. I was constantly looking for references to the dragon eventually thought that the dragon is a reference to our inner fears, fear of not being enough, fear of nor doing enough. Brene brown has a lot to say about this

!Reminds me to think aboutvthe yoga practice of santosha, being happy with what we have and living in the present. The gragon analogy is the running from the present, chasing something we don’t have

Back on track now with Swell, byLiz Clark. A story about a family who Sail to mexico As a family.with her father ascaptain

Liz team. Surprisingly Liz does not know how ro swim but it does not deter her from surfing. She calls it”her solace”

She is studying environmental science in Santa Barbara.a chance encounter has her meeting the author of the course she is taking. She gets invited to Sail with the professor to whom she admits a desire to Sail a long disvoyage on her own.

Dr skylar’s proposal

He will help financially in getting the boat ready, in return she’ll write regular notes on the trip.since he cannot longer captain a boat, He wants toliv vicariously through this young, enth

The journey begins.

Inevitably she encounters many obstacles on her journey. Including a leak I th bilge pump. At each difficult encounter ah begins to view the upsides of her situatio,, trying to put a positive spinon each issue. In a Achance encounter with Marcus, when her motor fails sends her down a potential romanticroad.not to be derailed from her goal. She puts the p0ssibility aside and continues to face the challenges of her goal, which seem to be multiplying as she journies.

As she continues north her mum joins her and we learn why the boat is named swell. Mom joins and yogethrtheyjourney north. Traing stories they learn about her moms past and relationship with herdad.she also sees a vision in the sky whichencoursges her to change her iew of herself.from unattractive, weakgirlto handsome, smart and capable woman..her description of the starry skyvision is breathtaking this is the strength of the book.strong Emotional descriptions of her various adventures, and enc raw descriptions of her encounters with people on the journey.

I also took away a call to live in the moment, appreciating the various gifts thatlife present themselves

I guess sailing is a metaphor for life.

A journey to s destination that requires teamwork, a set of rules and decisions to make on the way. Success depends on a person’s Grit, determination and a few strokes of luck slongvthecway..I recommend the book for its adventure story, sailing descriptions and insights to my responses to the story.

I need to remember. Thatvthe journey is am on is an adventure or tragedy depending on my attitude. Most of the time I choose adventure but there sre occasions, as in the book where it feels like a tragedy. It is all a state of mind.my my innerdragon can be fierce but it can also be gentle and kind. In my head I picture the dragon from Harry Potter stories.

I am going to publish this without editing so I hope you can follow my crazy thouts! If not at least you get to live in my head for a few minute s

A crazy place don’t you think?

Journeys end

My oy disappointment with this book was that it did not circle around and leave me with any closure.i have 10 minutes of the book and this is the ending I want