What happens when something unexpected crashes into your business or personal life? You are left high and dry, beached. What you do next and how you move through that challenge defines and determines life success.Beached is a parable that follows six people dealing with work layoff, death of a loved one, natural disaster, medical diagnosis, and other catastrophic events. Through messages received in unexpected ways and the sage advice from a mysterious lighthouse keeper they frame and implement their plans to "get back in the swim."Readers are invited to gain from the experiences, decisions, and resolutions offered here, as they face and master their own life challenges.