bonebikebird

" One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much. Physical shedding to begin with, which then mysteriously spreads into other fields. Clothes, first. Of course, one needs less in the sun. But one needs less anyway, one finds suddenly. One does not need a closet-full, only a small suitcase-full. And what a relief it is! Less taking up and down of hems, less mending, and -best of all- less worry about what to wear. One finds one is shedding not only clothes - but vanity. "



Excerpt from Gift From the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh