Imagine a place where people are friendly, creative, and socially/environmentally conscious, the ocean stretches for miles and where shoes are optional. Sounds like a fabulous way of life if you ask me, and this is exactly how they do it Pa’ia.
Pa'ia is a small town that greets you on the Hana highway. The streets are lined with fantastic boutiques that are filled with trinkets and treasures that I imagined taking home with me. The shop attendants were proud and willing to share about their products, company history or why they do things the way they do. The café’s were hard to choose from, but we settled on a recommendation from a dear friend. The Flatbread Co. was not only delicious, but also inspiring. The décor was welcoming with motifs that represented their values such as organic, local, healing, love, peace, community, fresh etc… The food is prepped daily with the freshest products provided by 10 local farms in the area. We sat at the hand carved wooden tables surrounded by natural light, bright colors and breathed in the peace of this small quaint town.
Deep down inside, if I were to remove cultural norms, social expectations, and ideas of worldly success and such left inside would be a little hippie. I have always been drawn to hippie/artistic/poetic type souls. Friends who can hear music differently, maybe still see good in the world, are creative and willing to just be who they are “as is”. In fact, as I strolled the streets of Pa’ia, I imagined that several of my friends like Kim, Chelle, MK and Sarah would absolutely love this place. I have always admired these friends of mine who inhabit qualities such as these and have hoped that they would rub off on me.
I think this little town and the Beatles have it right, “All we need is love”.
2 comments:
no lie...God led me to read your blog tonight. i'm sitting here, in phila, sad, cause i feel alone tonight. i don't usually feel lonely. but tonight, surrounded by feet of snow and cold, and filled with red wine, i am lonely. and it did my little heart so much good to read your blog about HOME, and then to see my little shout out. i would love to get to exist purely as i am. i strive to. but as it is, the world pulls. you know? it just pulls you right in sometimes. being in the world and not of the world i believe is the hardest thing that Jesus ever asked us to do. for me anyway. i find that loving my neighborhood is much easier than being "not of this world." dear heart, i love you. keep striving for goodness and peace as you work on your little island. the Lord is using you and moving you. shifting all the little pieces of your soul into a new creation. God bless and hold you near. till we see each other once again, much love.
I love flatbread pizza and loved catching up on your blog. you are a blessing to me and those kiddos by just being who you are to us. had a glass of red wine and read a book last night but it was no match for our conversation. miss you.
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