Waiting…

This past September my husband and I decided to take a trip for our 1-year anniversary to Hawaii. It was a great opportunity to get away, but also not the most ideal time. I was in the middle of coaching cheerleading and Phil had just gotten a big job at work; however, we took the time to be together. Don’t worry there will be a blog coming soon on how we all should be taking vacations and not feeling bad about it. Anyway, as we traveled the 7 or more hours…. I got to thinking about how excited I was to do everything that we had planned.  I couldn’t wait for each day to arrive so that we could hike, scuba dive, see the Napoli coast, have our guided helicopter tour, drive the road to Hanna and so much more. I started to already want to jump to the days ahead of me. I live in this world where I am ALWAYS looking for what next, where am I going, rather than where I currently am. I think a lot of us get in the same habit…We just want to know where God is taking us, maybe it is where our next vacation will be our next step up in our job. We often forget to look right where we are and appreciate it.

This whole concept hit me like a truck (not literally) when we were driving in Hawaii. I was so excited about my next adventure yet SO frustrated with how long it took us to get anywhere in Hawaii. The miles the GPS show you in Hawaii are lies! Okay maybe not, but it takes so much longer to drive 9 miles in Hawaii than in Pennsylvania. Phil and I had decided to take a long hike and then go see the blowhole on the eastern side of Maui, we figured we could do this all by lunchtime and then shop before our Luau that night. While as stated earlier, 9 miles is not 9 minutes in Hawaii is more like 90 minutes of basically 90 degree turns on a one-lane road. I found myself getting frustrated, angry, irritated, and unhappy, in Hawaii none the less… I realized that I was so annoyed while driving around this BEAUTIFUL coastline (pictures above) I didn’t actually enjoy it.  I wanted to eat, shop and get ready for the Luau. I was looking forward to the next part of our adventure that I was missing out on a huge part that we were currently in. When I think back, the Luau was great, but the drive if I would have let it sink in, was magnificent. The beauty in creation was beyond whatever I could have imaged.  Not only was it scenic, but I also realized that I missed out on a great 90 minutes to talk with my husband. 90 minutes that we were in a car together, to celebrate each other! I honestly regret the time I spent wallowing in how long it would take us to get to Ka’ anapali.