I think I am starting to realize that I have been spoiled rotten. And I mean that. I grew up in Hawaii most of my life--from age 8 until 18... and then returned every Christmas and summer for a few years after that. Beaches were just the everyday activity... warm weather was the given... beautiful views were everywhere... and now that we are leaving our home, I feel like my heart will break. I didn't know someone could fall in love with a place. But I think that over time, I have done just that. I am in love with Maui, and I am dreading leaving it.
Today I went surfing again, and it was incredible to be out on the water with a friend, soaking in the sunshine, surrounded by the amazing ocean... (although the tourists trying to surf--and failing-- were a little annoying). But it is days like this that I just lose my breath with the beauty that surrounds me. It is days like today that I am thrilled to be alive... thrilled to breath in the salty air, close my eyes and hear the waves break on the sand, listen to the birds sing, and then open my eyes again and see the brilliance of the sun over the water, the beauty of the mountains....
Yes, I am spoiled rotten. I am also a fool for taking it for granted. yet still, I promise myself that I will come back. I will come back again to paradise. Maui no ka oi.
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