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Lab Tech ROVING REPORTERS found the love of her life and Our Taro Patches Jimmy Toyama Magical Hawaii Serge King has been happily married for Imagination Dolly Mae Loving And a very long time and loving Plantation Days John Cross Potpourri Richurd Somers life in Hawaii. Oriental Medicine Alvita Soleil With the procedure over, Inspiration Norma Menzies Lovable People What’s Going On Up There? Carol Barbeau Lab Tech patiently explained Hawaiian Host Culture Paul Neves Health Anita Cawley, Marcel Hernandez n the past month I was I slid into the seat, buck- to me the process that I Connecting Cultures Angie Libadisos pleasantly affected by led up, pulled out the in- health study I was required to Epicurean / Inns & Spas Liz Sanders would be undergoing in the Spiritual Healing Kellyna Campbell two people I met by flight magazine, waited for undergo some x ray screening following week. With that Kama’aina Corinne Quinajon chance. Meeting them the aircraft to taxi out to the at a lab. After going through done, she walked me to my All rights reserved, copyrighted 2013 no articles can be reprinted without permission. The was such a pleasurable experi- runway and takeoff. As we some very preliminary inter- car where she started to ex- Paradise Post is not responsible for the images I and statements of advertisers and authors. ence that I started to think of taxied out to the runway, 9a views and blood testing, I was tend her hand for a shake but Submissions due the 5th of the month. them heading into Valentine’s extended herself and ventured led to an x ray room where I instead gave me a nice hug. I Day—it is, after all a time to an apology and explanation met the second person whom thanked her for the pleasant For annual subscriptions, think about love. that she had her belongings I shall call “Lab Tech.” Lab experience and went on my send name & address with $30 to: To be sure, it’s not ro- on the seat because she was Tech, a woman, in her late fif- way. THE PARADISE POST mantic love that I am think- looking for her mobile phone. ties, or early sixties, pleasant- The descriptions above, P.O. Box 1816 ing about but about the kind As she spoke I sensed that her ly greeted me and started to does not begin to do justice Honokaa, HI 96727 of beings that they are that voice was soft, pleasant, un- explain to me the procedure to the beings of the women I 775.0033 make them authentically lov- hurried, and lacking anxious- we were going through in the met. One had to be present [email protected] ing and magnetically and eas- ness about her missing mo- x ray session. As she was go- to fully appreciate their per- HAWAII’S ily loveable. bile phone. I was struck by ing through the explanations, sonhood. Each had a definite DIVERSE Let me introduce these the clarity of her voice. I couldn’t help but notice Lab shine to them, most notably UNIVERSE people to you without dis- During the conversation Tech’s calm, unhurried, soft through their eyes. CONNECTS closing their names. I will that ensued during the flight, and reassuring voice. Their voices revealed a describe the circumstances I learned that 9a was a citi- She was extremely patient remarkable calm, unhurried- CULTURES under which we met and zen of a European Country, in ensuring that I understood ness and, harmony. And, Native Hawaiian from which I was most im- a practicing psychologist, each step in the entire proce- their posture to the world Caucasian pressed with the state of their and an artist. She said that dure. Lab Tech’s mannerism seems open and welcoming. Polynesian being. she has come to deeply love was gentle, supportive, and They were “in the now” at all Indonesian The first person I met was Hawaii, its spiritualness, and showed no sign of hurried- times and acted with patience Micronesian on a flight from Honolulu to spends much time in the Is- ness or tensions. and care. Melanesian Hilo. As the gate attendant lands. During a short break in In their presence, it feels announced the boarding call She also shared that she the process we had an oppor- as though one was in the Native American and boarding protocol I stood also returns to Hawaii to tunity for a short chat. Lab presence of meditation mas- Okinawan up and got into the general care for her partner who is Tech was born in Hawaii but ters with extraordinarily de- Fijian boarding line. As I was pre- rehabbing from war wounds moved to the mainland when veloped capacities for love, Indian occupied with events in Hilo and as a consequence too has she was very young. joy, and freedom; qualities Guamian I was attending that day, I immersed herself in restor- She lived with her moth- which make them loving and African wasn’t paying much attention ative care of vets. She is also er until she graduated high lovable. Tongan to what seemed like routine involved with mindfulness school and returned to Ha- There are many people boarding processing. Things practices and is trying to see waii. Lab Tech fell in love, like “9a” and “Lab Tech” Samoan were just that, routine, at least how mindfulness can become got married, but unfortu- around us. We just need to Korean until I got to my seat, 9b. Ap- a vital part of helping wound- nately the marriage did not be aware of them and be open Puerto Rican proaching the seat I thought ed vets in their recovery. last very long. She returned to connect with them. Such Thai that I would just sit, buckle Through her ipad, 9a to the mainland and worked people add beauty to the Chinese up, and get ready for takeoff. also shared some of her art- her way through medical tech world in which we live. Japanese But no, seating promptly was work with me. Her graphic Portuguese made impossible by the per- art looked surreal and their sonal belonging of the per- designs and color project out Vietnamese son in 9a piled on my seat. to speak to the deepest part Marshallese What’s happening here? A of the viewer. As she showed Pacific Islander slight alarm was going off in me each piece, she shared her Latino & Filipino my mind as I softly uttered deepest thoughts and motiva- ONE ISLAND with a smile “Travelling with tions for each. As the plane ONE PEOPLE your household goods?” 9a landed, we exchanged cards CELEBRATING looked up and gave a soft and wished each other well THE UNITY OF hassle free smile and quickly on our respective journeys. cleared the seat. As a participant in a OUR COMMUNITY 4 •FEBRUARY THE PARADISE POST WWW.THEPARADISEPOST.COM Honoring Our Host Culture BY Kumu Hula Paul K.
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