July O' Clock

A lot has happened over the last month:
Boats have hit the rocks, others have been given much needed face lifts, friends have come and gone, hikers have been swept out to sea and hurricanes are approaching.  Hitch hikers have been picked up on their own spiritual journeys, leaving everything they knew behind because they didn't want it, friends have ended the lifestyles they have known for years and started off fresh, new connections have been made through old friends and life as I know it has changed drastically.  We've gone horseback riding and swam out of the way of manta rays.  Caught octopus and ate ahi.  Slept in and barely slept.  
Hollywood came to Hawaii and believe me when I say, all the money in the world is not worth the unhappiness that was surrounding these people.  A TV crew and cast came out on the boats to shoot one of their episodes for a new show that seems to be a spin off of the Bachelor.  "We're in the business of changing lives...ruining them, but changing them." (one of the producers explained to me once he was on board). Wow.   No doubt the moderately attractive man and the five girls hanging on his every word will find everything they are looking for and more if they are truly as they appeared.  I suppose if everyone acted exactly the same, the world would be a very boring place.  I am completely content with my life out of the lime light...wow.  People never cease to amaze me.
We've started working with kids out on the boats.  A few companies based out of Wyoming take trips out to the islands every summer with 10-15 participants and one of their stops while they are out here is onto our boats to learn to sail and live on the water.  Three days is usually the limit.  They do it all- sail, clean, cook, sleep, eat- the whole nine yards.  It's my job to make sure they don't fall off the boat, to teach and to stay overnight to make sure they don't get the bright idea of pulling a fast exit in the middle of the night (well to make sure nothing bad happens)(...same thing).  We teach them about the wildlife and take them snorkeling and free diving.  Not a bad way to spend the months of July and August.  
Life on the islands seems to be a roller coaster for me.  I can never decide if I am truly content here or if I am thirsting for something else.  It seems to change almost daily, which is exhausting.  I am hoping for some peace of mind sometime soon because this back and forth is making my head spin.  If I had the community I left behind in Santa Cruz out here, I would be just fine.  I would love it.  Although I have made some great friends, I have not found the full community that recharges my batteries like the ones in the lovely SC.  In time I hope.  For now I am working on me and what makes my heart tick.  
Life is good, even when it's bad.  There is something to be learned and cherished every single day.  If nothing else focus on the fact that there is something valuable that is going to happen today and it is your job to find it. 


Until next time, 
aloha nui loa,
M. 


It seems true at times...
"Unbeknownst to most, the world is ruled by a single pipe-smoking rabbit." 
-anonymous