i got out of the airport in Maui and looked around and was immediately confused; IT was like i left the foothills of Boulder CO on a plane and flew hours and hours and walked out.... back into Boulder! i found myself on the foothills of the Maui mountains, with only the wind-whipped palm trees and the Pacific Ocean to inform me that i'd actually gone anywhere! The eternally-beautiful Willow met me and took me to find good food, good beach, good music, and good folks.... and that was just the first day! This is a very wonderful and relaxing place and i am very grateful to be here, looking forward to timeless R&R....
i do have to wonder, though.... i've met a lot of beautiful, conscious folks just on the first day.... yet no native local folks, who seem to have a pretty fully-segregated community.... i sense very old and deep issues under the shanti surface of things....
Glad you made it safely Nolan!!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading all of your posts about your many new adventures!
I have friends that used to live in Hawaii and they've told me that there are definite issues of hostility and racism there between the local natives and the "newbies", but I have no doubt you will represent and turn around some old notions, creating peace and love with every interaction you make, because, well, because you are YOU.
Peace & Love,
Jackie