book gift from the sea by anne morrow lindbergh

She does this without the overtones of preaching, but herself as a seeker, echoing - only clearer and stronger - our own small still voice. With radiant lucidity she makes visible again the values of the inner life, without which there is no true fulfillment. In a blend of complete sincerity and delicacy, so uniquely her own, Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares with the reader her awareness of the many frustrating elements we face today: the restlessness, the unending pressures and demands, the denial of leisure and silence, the threat to inner peace and integration, the uneasy balance of the opposites, man and woman. And the shells become symbols here for the various aspects of life she is contemplating. As the sea tosses up its gifts - shells rare and perfect - so the mind, left to its ponderings, brings up its own treasures of the deep. In this inimitable, beloved classicgraceful, lucid and lyricalAnne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age love and marriage peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. She was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, the. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her international acclaim. The setting of her book is the sea shore the time, a brief vacation which had lifted her from the distractions of everyday existence into the sphere of meditation. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. The time for reflection is never over.'' Johnson's simple reflections on Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea invite readers to step into the waters of Lindbergh's writing.'Anne Morrow Lindbergh's reflections on a woman's life were matured in active years of family living and stimulated by conversations with men and women who experience the same problems and feel the same need for assessing the true values of life. Moreover, she writes, ''it is in the spiral dance to deep waters of quiet and back to the surface of activity that we experience the joy and rhythm of life. For example, Johnson writes about the ''Sea of Inner Stillness'' as the location from which we draw our strength, acceptance and love. Using Morrow Lindbergh's different ''seashells,'' Johnson shares meditations from her own busy contemporary life as a wife, mother, therapist and writer, ending each chapter with a reflective exercise. Her most popular book is the beloved Gift from the Sea, the 1955 classic in which she speaks to women about simplifying their busy lives and focusing on inner quiet and peace. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who will turn 92 in June, is well known for her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, the kidnapping and death of her first child and her wonderful writing.

Book gift from the sea by anne morrow lindbergh