Koolau
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
I read the news, and shudder thinking what if it were me in the news. Now, I have been through some hardship in life, but at this old age, I just want some peace and quiet before I croak.
Watching local news lately, I'm glad I never watched local news back when I was a tourist in the Islands. I never would have moved here. So much of the really bad stuff is centered around activities that I've never been involved in and am very unlikely to ever be affected by (except through my taxes.)
The one thing that has surprised me most is the apparent level of local corruption. I've simply not been prepared for that. So I try to keep focused on the amazing beauty I am privileged to see every day, the ability to skip the weather report most days, the smiling faces I encounter every time I go out and the sense of well-being that the climate imparts on most folks here. It really is Paradise. Still, it has people and they will occasionally disappoint. YMMV