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Saltwater Buddha: A Surfers Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (Large Print 16pt)

Book by Jaimal Yogis · 5 quotes · Action, Adaptation, Adults

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Saltwater Buddha: A Surfers Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (Large Print 16pt) Quotes

“Surfing is kind of a good metaphor for the rest of life. The extremely good stuff - chocolate and great sex and weddings and hilarious jokes - fills a minute portion of an adult lifespan. The rest of life is the paddling: work, paying bills, flossing, getting sick, dying.”

“But I looked out at the waves far below the bluff. They looked violent, erupting against the cliff. I watched them rising - up, up, higher, higher - then falling, crashing, swirling into chaos, passing away. I breathed deeply. I tried to breathe space between my thoughts, find the space between the anger.”