Bex Band > Quotes

“I only had to be myself. I only had to live true to myself. I only had to know that I am enough, exactly the way I am.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I could see clearly how my schooling had failed to give me what mattered most, not qualifications and grades, but self-belief and an understanding that available opportunities are for me as much as anyone else.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“Small problems very quickly developed into big ones if you didn’t tackle them straight away.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“It was a breath of relaxation and satisfaction brought by an uneventful day of hiking alongside the ocean, a place where I instantly felt happy. I couldn’t understand why I hadn’t made more of an effort to spend time by the sea when I loved it so much, but knew that going forward that would change.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I looked up just as the clouds parted, creating a window to the stars. I watched the lights glistening brightly and hoped that there would be many more nights like this where I was outside, by a fire, enjoying the biggest wild we have, the space above our heads.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I tailed off, not sure how to explain how it just felt right in my gut, even if every rational thought was telling me it was wrong…”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“It doesn’t matter who or what you believe in, only that you are living true to yourself. That’s how life is meant to be lived, I believe.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I thought about us running out of water, about the fine line between taking risks and being stupid. How one good or bad decision can change the course of your life forever.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I might not have seen it and I might not have felt it but changes were happening, progress was being made…”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“The hike felt like such a momentous thing, but the hardest part of getting to the start had been the simple act of just saying yes.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I found that starting to hike was like pulling off a plaster: better to do it quickly and not hang about.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I was missing female company. It had been such a long time since I’d spoken with a woman, something I noticed even more in the outdoors, where bravado and arrogance seemed prevalent. It was a space where I found myself acing differently when in a group of men and, even more poignantly, where I was often treated differently.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“Pushing down the fear, I concentrated on my successes and not my failures. I’d taken a few stumbles, this one the worst, but I’d also taken a million steps without falling. That had to count for something.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“Finishing the hike was like stepping out into the world as an adult for the first time again, where a hundred branches of possibilities lay before me – only this time it was better, because now I was more confident, more sure of what I wanted and more resilient in the face of pressures and setbacks.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“That saying, ‘The Trail Provides’, was one I’d come across a few times while researching our trip. Used by hikers, and believed to have originated from the popular Pacific Crest Trail in the United States, it refers to moments of magic and serendipity that occur while on a long-distance journey. On more than one occasion we’d been longing for or in need of something and, somehow, it would manifest. Like craving honey for days and passing a rare hiker who just happens to gift you some. Or losing your hiking sticks down a hole and then for a group to coincidently see a post about it who also just happen to be passing the exact area so they can fetch them and bring them back to you a day later.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“There was a badass, fearless girl somewhere inside me, even if I didn’t always know it.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“Six million trees had been planted below, near the Bnei Brit Memorial Cave, a tree for every Holocaust victim, each one representing a person of ambition, hopes and dreams.”
― Bex Band

“It was a house where feet could rest on coffee tables and spoonfuls of dessert could be eaten straight from the fridge.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I was embracing the struggles more, not dwelling on the tough times, and practising being kinder to myself.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I asked with genuine curiosity what the boys hoped to do now they had finished the army, and heard how they both planned to go to university, but hadn’t thought much beyond that. It felt like such an important time in their life, the moment when you first encounter the endless crossroads in front of you and when the one you pick can determine the course of your life forever.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I found myself loitering in the creative departments which seemed to be there to scoop up the misfits who didn’t fit in anywhere else.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“…adventures boosted women’s well-being and helped them realise just how much they were capable of.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“We crossed through my favourite town yet, Ein Hod, made up entirely of creatives who had all been interviewed and selected to live there. Everything was a work of art in Ein Hod, from the drinking fountains to the benches and the street lamps; large sculptures dotted the pavements, and houses, converted to art studios, were open to the public.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“I had thought that being spat into the world of adulthood, no longer with a home and a bed that I could call my own, thanks to the breakdown of my family, was as lost as I would ever feel, but I was wrong. Nothing had been more disorientating and shattering than losing my way internally as I battled with poor mental health.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South

“It was another coincidence that allowed me the comfortable illusion that there was a greater force than us on the trail. Reassuring me that no matter the problem, everything would find a way of sorting itself out, even if I couldn’t always see how.”
― Bex Band, Three Stripes South