Little Wave and Old Swell: A Fable of Life and Its Passing
By Jim Ballard and Kenneth Blanchard
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Old Swell's lessons remind us to stop amidst the rush and clamor of life, calm ourselves, and look within. Little Wave's misadventures show us how our noisy, competitive lives can distract us from life's important questions. The book's mantra Don't hurry; don't stop suggests the pace of a long ocean swell as an alternative to today's frenetic tempo.
Written with uncomplicated charm by Jim Ballard -- including original oil paintings by Catherine M. Elliott and a foreword by bestselling author, Ken Blanchard -- this timeless tale is certain to take its place with other classic and engaging parables such as The Little Prince and Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
Jim Ballard
Jim Ballard has written a number of inspirational books, including Mind Like Water and What's the Rush? He has coauthored several popular books along with bestselling business guru Ken Blanchard. Teachings of the worldrenown author and yogi Paramahansa Yogananda inspired Jim to write this wave fable. Jim is a business consultant, hospice volunteer, and Big Brother. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Please visit Jim's website at www.littlewave.org.
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Little Wave and Old Swell - Jim Ballard
Little Wave and Old Swell
Copyright © 2007 by Jim Ballard
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever without the prior written permission of Atria Books/Beyond Words Publishing, Inc., except where permitted by law.
Managing editors: Henry Covi, Lindsay S. Brown
Proofreaders: Jessica Bryan and Marvin Moore
Illustrator: Catherine M. Elliott
ATRIABOOKS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Beyond Words Publishing is a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ballard, Jim
Little Wave and Old Swell : a fable of life and its passing / Jim Ballard ; inspired by Paramahansa Yogananda ; foreword by Ken Blanchard.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Life—Religious aspects—Self-Realization Fellowship. 2. Death—Religious aspects—Self-Realization Fellowship. I. Yogananda, Paramahansa, 1893–1952. II. Title.
BP605.S4B35 2006
158—dc22
2006000151
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-6540-6
ISBN-10: 1-4165-6540-X
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Contents
Foreword
one
The Journey
two
The Game