I want to write — I want to write — I want to write and never never never will. I know it and I am so unhappy and it seems as though nothing else mat… - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

For the natural selectivity of the island I will have to substitute a conscious selectivity based on another sense of values – a sense of values I have become more aware of here. Island precepts, I might call them if I could define them, signposts toward another way of living. Simplicity of living, as much as possible, to retain a true awareness of life. Balance of physical, intellectual and spiritual life. Work without pressure. Space for significance and beauty. Time for solitude and sharing. Closeness to nature to strengthen understanding and faith in the intermittent of life: life of the spirit, creative life and the life of human relationships. A few shells.

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize.