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home. somehow it feels temporary, perhaps because i’m in a situation that is fast becoming intolerable. returning from the beauty of maui makes it all the more apparent. i refuse to allow this brutal reality to rob me of the pleasurable feelings my travels leave. i get up and go to my job to draw the paycheck that provides the funds that pay for the necessities and the delights in this here life of mine. i think i know what i want and i go after it. people tell me i’m spoiled. maybe, but i really don’t see it that way. none of the things i enjoy plummet, meteor-like, from the grand beyond straight into my lap. work will suck sometimes and i’ll have to hustle; it will get tedious and i might bitch but that isn’t all i’ll do. after a point i either laugh it off or make a change.
so to remain focused on the things i know to be crucial.
a drive along thick, lush cliff sides above an endless expanse of turgid blue water…to select sweet, ripe fruit grown from rich, volcanic soil for cocktails blended and consumed at any hour thirst may strike…to don my gear and plunge into an underwater world, full of exotic marine life, mere steps from my door…to peer into a dormant crater while perched on a ten thousand foot summit…to sail with a crew of naturalists to spots ancient and pristine…to reach out and caress the skin of my delicious companion…to gaze in pure wonder at pictures carved in stone by the first humans to call the magnificent islands of hawaii home…to see bodies, sleek as seals, riding waves as if they were born on a board cutting through sea foam…
things don’t matter to me - experiences and the people who appreciate them do.
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