The Healing Power of the Island
If you are a "Lost" viewer, you will relate to this.
There was a moment in a recent episode where two characters give each other knowing looks as one suggests to the other that an injury won’t take as long to heal. The remark was made by a woman who is sure her cancer has been purged. The remark was meant for a man who arrived on the island in a wheelchair, but walks freely. Thus there is this mysterious healing power of the island.
And such is how Suzanne and I feel about Kauai…our island. I bring this up because we are due to be on the island yet again in less than three weeks. And not a moment too soon for both of us. I am in the midst of one of the most challenging and unrewarding periods in my career and bathe daily in a swirl of milky stress. Suzanne has been less encumbered by her job, but feels the residuals of a rear-end accident from last October which still isn’t settled. We collectively are worn out from our first eight months of bringing our two homes together…very rewarding, but tiring nonetheless.
So it is with great anticipation that we await our trip to the island. We fully anticipate the healing process to begin immediately. Unfortunately, unlike our favorite TV-based islanders, we will not be able to stay indefinitely and enjoy the continuing healing benefits. But we will feel sad about that only upon return.