Angel of God

As you know we’ve been holed up in a cheap and nasty backpackers on the North Shore of Oahu. We’ve done a little shopping, sightseeing and other touristy things and we’re all thoroughly over it already. None of us would classify ourselves as tourists. And it’s so expensive! Only come here, travelers, if you’re a surfy dude, at least at winter-time.

However, that’s not to say that we haven’t had a good time. Riccardo’s BBQs and mid morning internet at the Shark Cove grill have been fun and a great way to get to know people. Jules and I have done a long walk each morning though for some reason we’ve never done any yoga (for Jules) or martial arts (for me), like we said we would.

A highlight of one of the days was meeting Daniel. Daniel we’re not sure how to classify; beach bum, angel from God, itinerant, nature lover, coffee lover. Anyway he dropped in on us one morning as we were having coffee outside our room, overlooking the beach. We invited him to share our coffee but all he wanted was hot water because, like all good coffee connoisseurs, he wanted to make it the way he liked it, which was, instant vanilla flavoured Columbian coffee with creamer or CoffeeMate as you may know it. Disgusting stuff that creamer but the Americans seem to love it.

Anyway, Daniel was full of surprises. He was very talkative and though a little scattered in his thinking he was lucid and actually very wise. He asked lots of questions like how old are you and are you married! He even asked me if I’d marry him, though when I told him I was 26 (I’m not) he told me I was too old for him and that he was looking for someone between 19 and 25! All very tongue in cheek of course. But my first marriage proposal in a while.

We were lucky he came along because we were looking for some guidance as to how our adventure might continue. Jules particularly. Daniel did carry a beautiful Bible around with him and as we were waxing philosophical or perhaps spiritual, he took it upon himself to quote a few passages. For me it was Isiah, 51 I think. Something about believing in myself and performance. Truthfully, like most of the Bible I didn’t really understand any of it. But I did get the essence of it. Daniel’s message to us was to have faith, believe in what’s possible and to continue to take right action. Ahhh, so simple, but not always easy, eh?