Enjoy Life

I feel so deeply grateful to live on Maui. I stepped off the plane in Honolulu in 1966 and my first memory of Hawaii was the intoxicating fragrance of plumeria blossoms that wafted to my nose on the gentle breeze; and the bright blue sky full of puffy white clouds. I had been accepted as the first graduate assistant in the new dance/theatre masters program at the University of Hawaii, and my initial hit of Hawaii was "this must be heaven".

As heavenly as Hawaii is, there are still life challenges that beset us wherever we live--and as I have seen from extensively travel, little pieces of Heaven are found everywhere, if that is what we are looking for.

After 3 years on Oahu, I moved to Maui, which has been my home ever since (except for a few months in San Francisco and a year in Byron Bay Australia.) As long as I've lived here, I never take it for granted. Each day I express gratitude for the earth, sky, wind, sun, rain, plants, birds and people who make life here so rich and meaningful.

I especially express gratitude for my beloved Tomas. With him I get to create, play and give the gift of bringing more love into the world. Our prayer is always the same: "May our love bless the world."

One thing we continue to do is take special time to do special things that nourish us deeply--and along with lovemaking, time in nature is at the top of our list. Taking time to fill our tanks means we have the quality of energy we want in our lives on a daily basis.

Here we are at our favorite waterfall. It is a fairly rigorous hike to get here--so it isn't something we do every day. But we do take the time to enjoy life so we have genuine loving energy to give those with whom we interact--be they friends, clients, students or the check out clerk at Costco.

We encourage you to enjoy life. Do those things that genuinely nourish you and give you the energy you wish to have for yourself and for all your endeavors.

Summer is coming to and end--enjoy every moment!

Love, Joan