… I’ll come back and get you so you can live where I live. But here you are anyway, and this is your journey - your one chance to enjoy the ride.
#A bumpy road girl trial#
The thing is, there will always be something getting in the way - some bitterness, some rejection, some unfinished business, some grudge, someone owed, some sickness, some kind of trial you never saw coming. But don’t miss the happiness in front of you. You are well on your way by now, headed to your destination. Meanwhile, you will lift your eyes and see that the beauty is right here - persistently here despite all the heartache in life. Maybe the journey you’re on has left you feeling a little carsick. Where are you today? Paused at the side of the road, awestruck by the beauty? Changing a flat tire? Are you zipping along at 65 miles an hour, missing it all, or is there a dead-end up ahead and you can’t quite see past it? It’s part “whoa, did you see that?” and part “I want off of this ride RIGHT NOW.” The journey is part waterfall, part pothole. It has a purpose greater than moving travelers from one place to another the Road carries its own magic. No one calls the trip Hana, because the trip itself isn’t about Hana. The Road was beautiful and lush, but it was also fraught with pesky bugs, hairpin turns, and carsickness caused by a slithering course with hundreds of curves and bumps.Īll the tourist brochures will tell you that the journey is called the Road to Hana. Rather than be dragged down by her diagnosis, Pat Wetzel went on a journey to learn more about herself and healing in a holistic way. Being diagnosed with any form of cancer is a huge, scary thing, but it doesn’t have to consume your life. We wound our way past jaw-dropping beauty: verdant rain forests, slack-key guitarists, plunging pools, dramatic seascapes, veils of mists, and waterfalls. Why a ‘Bump in the Road’ is a Good Thing 30. We journeyed along the winding, wiggling worm of this legendary road. The daylong road trip takes travelers along the rugged coastline of Maui. While we were there, we drove the Road to Hana. Several years ago, my husband and I went to Maui with his family.
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