“The spiritual journey is what the soul is up to while we attend to daily living. The spiritual journey is the soul’s commingling with ordinary life. The fabric tears: the soul sees Monday, Monday sees the soul.” — Christina Baldwin, Life’s Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest
Our day yesterday was not what we had planned – we were scheduled to go out on the catamaran Kamanu on a snorkeling trip. But, we had rain in Kona – very unusual they say for this time of year! So in search of sun, we drove up to the north shore. We ended up driving all the way up to this beautiful place, Pololu Point. Most tourist never get here, and it’s too bad. It’s a beautiful place, and you can walk down to a lovely black sand beach. The hike up is a challenge, though! The beach itself is gorgeous and the views are rewarding.
We also saw the sleepy towns of Hawi and Kapa’au, with a great lunch at Luke’s Place and the fun of visiting several neat little stores and galleries like Elements, the Ackerman Gallery, and the Kohala Book Shop.
So Monday met the soul, and like many Mondays, changed its plans. But, the soul met Monday, and enjoyed the day anyway. And today, we’ll sail on the Kamanu!
5 Responses
Glad you made it up there! It’s gorgeous, we’ve often thought of moving up there. Have fun on the cat!
Hawaii is a very spiritual place. Troy and I just got back from Maui a month ago. ENJOY!!!
Another beautiful place I’ll probably never see. Thanks for sharing it in pictures.
The opening quote really got me thinking.
Oh, it looks like you are having a wonderful time on the big island. That top photo of your back-up visit is spectacular. I haven’t been there for more than 20 years.
I love Christina Baldwin. She and several other journal writers are doing a conference in Denver at Kay Adam’s Center for Journal Therapy next June. Are you up for that? I’ll definitely go. I’ll post about this in the next few days at Sacred Ordinary.
The Kamanu sea tours are pretty cool! I agree with D-Man, Hawaii is very spiritual. Sea Paradise does snorkel tours at all times in the day, and they even do manta tours at night. I highly recommend it next time you come out to Hawaii!