{"id":15,"date":"2013-08-23T22:32:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bemore\/?p=15"},"modified":"2013-08-23T22:33:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T22:33:09","slug":"coffee-in-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bemore\/2013\/08\/coffee-in-maui.html","title":{"rendered":"Coffee In Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coffee In Maui<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had never traveled more than 6 hours before and to tell the truth, that felt like sheer torture. Being raised with notions that people die on planes, it took me awhile to get over those fears. I was long past them but going beyond 6 hours over an ocean without a break on a plane. UGH.<\/p>\n

But we made it. We made it alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stepped into the Maui airport and the smell was like something I\u2019d never ever encountered before in my entire life. I remember grabbing my husband\u2019s arm like a school girl saying, \u201cDo you think God dropped a small piece of heaven into the ocean and that\u2019s what Hawaii is?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He was so caught up in the moment I don’t even know if he heard me. The smells. The warmth. The rainforest like humidity.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d never really taken a vacation before like this. I had built businesses, we got into massive debt, we got out of massive debt, we downsized, we finally got a nice home, stayed debt free, built the company I now own, totally debt free. But vacations?<\/em> They weren\u2019t a part of the plan most of the time.<\/p>\n

Then things changed. A friend had asked me what I wanted in my schedule that year.\u00a0 So I was daring. Brave I was! I exclaimed back the most absurd thing I could think of!<\/p>\n

\u201cI want 2 weeks off every 90 days. I want to go to Hawaii twice a year. I want to do it year after year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

His reply? Without a flinch? \u201cOk then. It\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n

I remember thinking, \u201cOh my gosh. I\u2019ve never taken 2 weeks off before. Hawaii? I am terrified to fly to California most times I go! 11 hours on a plane?! What have I gotten myself into?!\u201d<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m the girl who tells people they can be anything and anyone they want to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m the one who says, \u201cShoot for the stars, the whole world is your canvas and you can create the kind of life you want!\u201d<\/p>\n

That day, as I sat in tears, looking at the ocean with a cup of 100% Kona Coffee, in Maui, God was talking to me again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whole big world out there and you are going to change it. They need your encouragement. They need your child like faith. Will you go?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Go? Go where? That was the only thought I had.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Little did I know that this little cup of coffee sitting in the early morning sun in Maui would turn into a dream I had never planned.<\/p>\n

Dreaming with God.<\/em> Bill Johnson wrote a book about that. I began living it a few years ago…<\/p>\n

I sign my social media posts like that many nights before I go to bed. It\u2019s more than a saying, it\u2019s a lifestyle.<\/p>\n

I think I\u2019m finally starting to see it\u2019s something worth pursuing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With love,<\/p>\n

Sandi Krakowksi<\/p>\n

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