This past Friday evening I rode my bike over to the beach after coming home from work to take a few minutes to unwind.  That is one of the many perks of living on an island!  It was blowing a healthy Southwest wind and the waves were rough.  I reclined back into the dunes and watched intently as mother nature performed her never ending “work in progress”.  I found it profoundly interesting to watch the grains of sand picked up by the wind find their way to a new resting place.  At the very same moment new grains of sand replaced the ones carried down the beach.  From a distance or at a glance the beach seemed constant, one big stretch of sand.  The reality is quite different.  The beach is undergoing constant change with each grain of sand on a journey.

The shifting sand is a beautiful insight into our own lives.  Some days we seem to go through the motions with undetectable change occurring while other moments our lives are picked up by the winds of change only to carry us to destinations unknown.  This is the way of life, or as the saying goes “the only constant is change”.   The lesson I take away from the observations on the beach is the perpetual shifting and movement of all things: humans, animals, plants, even rocks.

My own life is no different.  At times I feel anxious waiting for change to occur, while other times I feel swept away and just hope to land softly.  The one quality I have tried to incorporate in life is to accept the change, even embrace it.  Allowing the winds of change to pick me up and carry me to a new place knowing that my void will surely be filled.  With this philosophy in mind, I am moving on in my journey with Spa Koru.  I am very pleased to announce Grace Souter will be replacing me as Director.  I have had the opportunity to work side by side with Grace for the last 10 months and have all the confidence in the world in her abilities and in her commitment.  As Grace moves up to assume the Director’s position she will be supported by Dana Michael and Kristi Davidson.  Dana accepts the Assistant Director of Spa and Salon Operations while Kristi assumes the position of Assistant Director of Programming and Events.  The only comment I have regarding our “new management team” is “super stoked!”  In all the years of owning and running businesses, this collection of ladies would have to be classified as a “dream team”.  They are all bright, committed, honest, thoughtful and hard working.  I couldn’t be happier for them, our amazing staff, our members and our guest.

And as for me, I will continue to work with Spa Koru on a daily basis behind the scenes.  My gift is in my ability to bring people, businesses and communities together to work towards a common goal.  I have some very exciting projects already up my sleeve.  And at the end of the day we all must accept where the winds of change carry us.

Spiral Up!