Post #19226 by Sabina on Sun, Jan 12, 2003 11:32 PM

On 2003-01-12 22:39, smogbreather wrote:
Saw that special on t.v., too. It was a special on mainlanders who were fortunate enough to make the Hawaiian islands their home - mostly accidentally and now they're living the life! Please... oh please... some day god

Yup! That was the one- thanks! I was trying to place where I saw that.

Some of the stories were very inspiring; the 'I showed up with a container full of furniture and a little money and just lookie how it all ended up!' sorts.

I'm sure there have been some real changes in how much that could be done today- many of the stories seemed to be people who had gone over decades back, but still it has been and CAN BE done with some luck and serious determination.

Many of the stories, like Reece's also had an element of 'my first ideas or expectations tanked, and this was sort of a fall back plan that ended up being the best thing I EVER could have done!'.

Other people took one trip to the islands and just KNEW there was no going back, or simply that they were absolutely meant to be there.

(Guess it must be something about Hawai'i or the south seas, no one ever seems to talk about instantly knowing they were just meant to live in Akron, Ohio.)