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June 19, 2007
fly high into the sky
waking up to the sounds of the birds chirping outside my lanai, in the wee hours of the morning. i rolled out of bed a little before 5am, excited to start the day. i just got back from my trip to seattle. coming off the plane last night, feeling the warmth of hawaii's embracing air, smelling the scents of tropical leis everywhere i turn, watching a local hawaiian band perform with their hula dancers moving to the rhythms of nature, all with smiles that light up the whole sky...it is this place that i am so very thankful for.
seattle was really nice to be able to revisit, to reconnect, to acknowledge some of our roots of where we came from. i was there for 5 nights and 6 days. it was a whirlwind of a trip, that also felt like another full chapter in my book of life. mt. biking with rachel and alan in bellingham, connecting with some of my colleagues within my professional community...jane, joe, & michael, meeting up with our soon to be resident, bonding with family...hiking with ai-di, supporting brooke in her big graduation day, chatting with steve, reconnecting with old friends...sipping margaritas with jeff, summer, and julie at el camino, spending family time with kay, mary kay & deacon, chilling in quaint little coffee shops, celebrating summer solstice in fremont, shopping in capitol hill, eating breakfast at the bay cafe overlooking good old ballard, seeing old clients in magnolia at unravel therapeutics, soaking up my yoga class at the ashtanga yoga school in the central district, and hanging out with my best friend & soul mate, single fin amidst it all.
it was good to be back in the pacific northwest. there's something comforting about the grayness of the sky and the crispness of the air.
i've been reading a couple of books by paulo cohelo. i highly recommend them, if you haven't read them already. one is "the alchemist", which is about following your heart...and the underlying theme is about wisdom. and the other one that i just finished is "by the river piedra i sat down and wept", which is a novel of forgiveness. they are both such wonderful books that nourish the heart and spirit.
off to start my day...office hours hike with my associate & soul sister. hiking up the 1000 stairs and trying to make our way around the crater that overlooks the great big blue tourquoise ocean. you can see molokai and maui on clear days. then i've got an house call in the west side of the island. that's the side that is truly old hawaii. filled with poverty and suffering, but also is as authentic as it gets. we swim with the dolphins (& sharks) there from time to time. then back to the south side, to jump into our regular surf break, diamond head. everyone knows everyone at sunset. they're my family out there. always looking out for me and asking about single fin. "where's your husband?" "he's in LA." "oh, don't tell him about the waves." :)
he's in a different world out in LA. a whole new place to discover. rubbing elbows with the entertainment industry. i think he's gonna be a calvin klein underwear model one of these days. don't tell anyone, but that's always been a dream of his.
to my soulmate and best friend, i am with you always. the world is yours & mine to discover...may we spread our wings and fly high into the sky and always trust that home is deep within our hearts. i love you!!
~loving aloha to all.
Posted by soul sista' at June 19, 2007 08:43 AM