‘Once you’re in the canoe, there's nowhere else to go, and you can't run away from your problems.’
It was only after a year or so, when I had spent more time paddling on the ocean, that I made the deeper connection. It was unlike any other sport I’d done. It was open and welcoming, respectful of everyone, social, tactile, enveloping you in the canoe ohana .The teachers of the Hawaian culture will repeat one phrase more than any other: ‘He moku he wa‘a, he wa‘a he moku.’ It means: ‘A canoe is an island, and an island is a canoe’.
It’s the same in a canoe. If you paddle across to the next island, everyone in your canoe must also be cooperating, happy and a strong team. Once you’re in the canoe, there is nowhere else to go, and you cannot run away from your problems, so you have to face them honestly and respectfully. You also need everyone to make their contribution for the canoe to arrive safely. It’s a good metaphor for living a happy life.For me, the biggest reasons for caring about the ocean are twofold.
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