A celebration of finding yourself....

In Hawaii, at least on the Big Island it seems a tradition for island-goers to consecrate their own personal messages in the lava rock with contrasting white corals. Thus being an island goer recently I too decided it was time to consecrate my message. Ahhh....but what to write? That was the question. I got up early that morning and wandered out to the Buddha point located at the Hilton Waikaloa Village. I was wearing my baby blue Ipod Nano, and listening to Beyonce as she serenaded me personally with "Remember those walls I built, well baby they're tumblin' down and they didn't even put up a fight...." I looked out over the gorgeous blue ocean, felt the wind on my face, heard the waves gentle hum as they washed over the shore, felt the pleasant tropical sun and breathed life in deeply. I felt good, nothing existed for a moment and I was part of the earth (yeah sure call me a hippie, that's fine) I felt a smile come over my face and suddenly I had an idea. I would build an homage to women who learn to love themselves, a reminder to realize the strength in being a woman, a mother, or anything they want to be. I walked over to where i saw some loose white corals and I started gathering them. The whole project took me a little over an hour but I felt good, it's like that feeling of satisfaction they show in The Shawshank Redemption when they tar the roof and afterwords sit and have a beer in the afternoon sun. i found the perfect spot, moved a couple of rocks around so my canvas was more ideal and began to build out my word. It took a couple of re-writes, ha ha until I was satisfied that passerby's would actually recognize what the heck I was trying to say but there it was and hopefully still is. My word you are wondering? How can one word be a celebration of finding yourself? Well if you've ever seen Fried Green Tomatoes you know exactly what word I am referring to. But...see for yourself, and think of Kathy Bates as she drives madly 16 times into a small volkswagen beetle in the grocery store parking lot.....Yep it can be none other than.....