2008 … When the sands ran Green
In the first few months of this next year – while still staying at my friends’ Hwaiian jungle home while caring for their two lovely hounds – my brother came to live with me on that land; helping me to clear the property’s long-untended gardens and sharing many a joyous moment of revelry. One afternoon shortly after his arrival we journeyed together to the Green Sands Beach (near the Big Island’s South Point), where the sand in its ocean-carved caldera was completely comprised of tiny grains of the semiprecious stone Olivine (also known as Peridot) …
“The is the most beautiful beach I have ever viewed … After a 2.5-mile hike through the coastal desert of southern Hawaii, we arrived in green-sand heaven: a small, secluded, olivine-crystal pocket of a beach embedded between cliffs. The water here glimmers aqua blue, and when swimming you’ll swear that the sand beneath your feet is silk.” ~ unknown
“Peridot is a name derived from the Greek word ‘peridona’, with a meaning along the lines of ‘giving plenty’ … At one time, it was more valuable than diamonds. Its joyful energy clears the heart and releases the ego, which in turn cleanses jealousy and anger, hence bringing one a deep-seated sense of solaced amusement.” ~ via Shimmerlings
“Wounds are the places where the Light enters us … and compassion crowns our Souls with their truest victories.” ~ via Rumi & Aberjhani
“Feel free to remember that the creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but rather takes place anew every single day.” ~ via Samuel Beckett
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