Location:Kihei, Maui
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
A Perfect Day
Work and then surf. Could a day be more complete? What blessing to be out in the water with friends and turtles. What blessing to be doing a sport that you are really bad at but still love immensely because it brings you to the ocean and teaches you something new every time. What blessing to never stop learning about the ocean.
Me, Anna, Laura and Drew went to a surf spot called grandma's after work. We stayed in the water for a couple of hours before hunger and fatigue drove us out of it. After all, we had all been working since early that morning.
While I was sitting on my surf board in the water, waiting for a wave to come in, a turtle slowly swam up to the surface less than a meter away from the tip of my board. It took a breath of air and then dove back down. It was beautiful.
I see turtles everyday and normally don't care too much about it. They all pretty much look the same. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Kind of like humpback whales, they're pretty much the same.
I always knew in my head that I was spoiled. At one point in my life, I would have given anything to see a whale, dolphin or turtle. I am certainly not the only one to ever have felt that way. But knowing and feeling are two different things.
For some reason, when I saw that turtle today I could feel it. That feeling lasted for the rest of the surf session. It lasted through the ride home in Laura's car. I felt appreciation of Maui, the island that has been my home me for the past two years. I felt happiness for being allowed to experience it, all of it; "mauka (mountain) to makai (sea water)."
It is funny how perspective works. Me leaving Maui is getting closer. True to my tradition, I am starting to see things in a different light. All of a sudden, everything looks better, or perhaps I just see them better.
In short, I am enjoying Maui and I will miss her when I leave.
Me, Anna, Laura and Drew went to a surf spot called grandma's after work. We stayed in the water for a couple of hours before hunger and fatigue drove us out of it. After all, we had all been working since early that morning.
While I was sitting on my surf board in the water, waiting for a wave to come in, a turtle slowly swam up to the surface less than a meter away from the tip of my board. It took a breath of air and then dove back down. It was beautiful.
I see turtles everyday and normally don't care too much about it. They all pretty much look the same. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Kind of like humpback whales, they're pretty much the same.
I always knew in my head that I was spoiled. At one point in my life, I would have given anything to see a whale, dolphin or turtle. I am certainly not the only one to ever have felt that way. But knowing and feeling are two different things.
For some reason, when I saw that turtle today I could feel it. That feeling lasted for the rest of the surf session. It lasted through the ride home in Laura's car. I felt appreciation of Maui, the island that has been my home me for the past two years. I felt happiness for being allowed to experience it, all of it; "mauka (mountain) to makai (sea water)."
It is funny how perspective works. Me leaving Maui is getting closer. True to my tradition, I am starting to see things in a different light. All of a sudden, everything looks better, or perhaps I just see them better.
In short, I am enjoying Maui and I will miss her when I leave.
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