I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean’s voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Foot-prints on the Sea-shore”

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The water is your friend.  You don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move.  ~Aleksandr Popov

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s a good idea to begin at the bottom in everything except in learning to swim.  ~Author Unknown

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