Thank you Joy for letting me stay with you and the family the past few weeks! I've had such a wonderful time spending time with you, John, Kris & Kristina (my favorite kids/teens). And thank you for connecting me with Rob and the current house I'm staying in!!! I love the weather here in Maui Meadows and the home and property are so beautiful!!! The views are smashing!!! During my years in Taiwan, this is the house and the neighborhood I imagined my self returning to Maui to live in. Praise the Lord and my friends that helped me to arrive! Again, I need "a little help from my friends"...
Friends, I'm staying in my dream home and hope to for a while... the home doesn't have to be this one, and I'm open to an even more spectacular one... but HOW DID I GET HERE? I trace the cause back to so many sources... so many friends have helped me along the way... The kind of friends that ask you what your wildest dreams are, and give support and inspiration to make them come true. How did I get here??? Most recently, I thank Stephen and Carla for guiding me through a deep and profound healing session. During the healing session, as I confronted an old memory from 2 years old as I was in my crib/playpen... I came to a crossroads and realization that the vision I've been holding for so long about buying a camper van to live in and perpetually travel around Maui in was not my ultimate vision. I'd be happy to have the van, but happier still if I had a beautiful estate with breathtaking views, a huge kitchen, fruit trees, and sliding screen doors for walls. I realized this grander vision within me and Stephen and Carla persistently reminded me that I don't have to settle... settle for just the van because "I know I can create it" or because "it's all I need", or because "it's all I can afford". Stephen encouraged me to know that I can have and live what I really want most and he was right!
After Stephen and Carla returned to the mainland, I didn't know where I'd stay next. Joy was so kind to have me stay with her and the family. The next day, Joy was asking me what kind of living situation I envision creating here on Maui... So, I began telling my old story about finding a camper van and... then I stopped and said, "But even better than that, I'd like to live in a beautiful estate". I didn't even mention what part of the island, let alone which neighborhood, when Joy said, "Oh, our friend Rob is sstaying in a nice place in Maui Meadows and he might be able to use your help taking care of the property... I think you'd like it."
Well, that was an understatement! Maui Meadows is the neighborhood I lived in before and so loved... the weather is dry, sunny, warmer than many parts of the island, yet never too hot, constant breezes, and it is up the volcano a bit, so, there are beautiful views down to the ocean.
So, by saying what I really wanted, Joy was then able to offer the possibility to me, and suggested I call Rob, which led to me being in this amazing home! If I had just said, "I envision buying a camper van to live in", Joy might not have had any advice for me and that would have ended the conversation. First step is to envision it... next step is to speak it... and next step is to do it! Then enjoy and feel gratitude.
Thought, Word, Deed
Of course research proves that collective thought effects physical reality as well... So please pool our collective thought power now and HELP me by wielding your creative powers of thought and vision to envision me staying in this home, or in a magnificent home like this one, on Maui... Envision yourself visiting me here, enjoying the perfect weather and beautiful views, swimming in the pool, eating delicious healthy meals outside on the lanai, going down the hill to the beach, snorkeling with whales, dolphins, sea turtles and the little fishies of the sea, and then coming back up to the house for a sunset tai chi session and dinner with sweeping views of the ocean and neighboring islands in the distance under a pink and purple sky (that sums up my day minus the beach and snorkelling... I didn't feel like leaving the house).
I don't have a camera with me, but here are pictures of the house next door with very similar architecture and garden (designed by the same builder)... though our house has better views of the ocean and volcano (but ours only has 3 bdrms. and might only be worth $3 million... Yes, really). It's for sale. If you buy it, I'll be happy to be your property manager and take care of it: click the pic
~Buy my Toyota Camry~
Also, I'm selling my Toyota Camry on the East Coast so that I may get a VW Camper van and a motorcycle that gets 77 mpg. My Camry's name is "Black Beauty" and she is one. Know anyone that might like to ride/buy her?
See my ad and pass it on:
Please envision me selling "Black Beauty" quickly so that I may buy a VW Camper Van. Then envision us touring around Maui in the camper van (sleeps 4) and staying on a different amazing beach every night and experiencing the most awesome places you'll ever behold... of course we'll stay at the palace as well.
**Warning**!!! Of the few friends that have come to visit me in Hawaii... more of them stayed to live than went home. It could happen to you.
MOVIE:
ZEITGEIST!!! Must See Movie this weekend!!! March 15th is Zeitgeist Day! Watch it for free online! I recommend "Zeitgeist Addendum" (on the left side of the web page). Alternative and expansive views of our current global climate... alternative economic, political, and scientific paradigms to consider.
EFT Update and Picking my Fruity Breakfast & off to take my Census Exam for my cushy federal government job
I updated the below Blog Post to contain some of the EFT resources. And this morning's news... I had nothing to eat for breakfast, so I decided to go check out check out the fruit trees at the top of our property... I was so happily surprised to find a sour sop tree (exotic Jaimacan fruit), 3 trees of differing tangerine varieties, 2 grapefruit trees, and 2 more papya trees I hadn't seen before... all of them chock full of fruit!!!... along with a bunch of fruit on the ground, some rotting, but most of it salvageable, tree ripened, naturally fallen, and so yummy!!! All of the Maui Grapefruits I've ever had were quite sour, but the first one I picked off the ground was soft and when I opened it, it smelled like a flower, then I bit in and it was sooooo sweet!!! Better than a Florida Indian River grapefruit (which was my previous favorite variety). The Tangerines were so Ono (Hawaiin: delicious) too!!!
Then I was off to take my exam for the U.S. Census Bureau. I passed with 27/28 correct answers and am looking forward to a stable and secure Supervisory position with the Census Bureau for the next year and a half while I get my Tai Chi and EFT training classes going. This job will entail hiking around Maui, correcting maps, searching for residences and buildings in cool nooks and crannies around Maui that no longer exist, going door to door to interview Maui folks (who are mostly sooo cool and often invite me in to check out their sweet homes), oh yes, and we'll count people too. And the coolest part is the vest I got to keep during Census 2000... I got to wear it for the Halloween Parade in Lahaina dressed as a
Interested in earning some extra money as a 2010 Census Taker? Most cities are finished for this round of testing, however there will be another round of testing and hiring in October 2009 to hire Census Enumerators (takers). Here's the website: http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
Mahalo (Hawaiian: Thank you) Lenny for the multiple phone calls and bugging me to contact the Census Bureau!!! Lenny knew I wanted to work for the 2010 census and updated me about hiring... I just sent out an email to friends about it yesterday and totally would have missed it if it weren't for Lenny! Mahalo Mahalo Mahalo Lenny!!! Love ya Love ya Love ya!!! Sleepy Time. A hui hou (Hawaiian: until next time).
Mahalo (Hawaiian: Thank you) Lenny for the multiple phone calls and bugging me to contact the Census Bureau!!! Lenny knew I wanted to work for the 2010 census and updated me about hiring... I just sent out an email to friends about it yesterday and totally would have missed it if it weren't for Lenny! Mahalo Mahalo Mahalo Lenny!!! Love ya Love ya Love ya!!! Sleepy Time. A hui hou (Hawaiian: until next time).