Never the Same

When I drove by the bay oceans, it took me back to something my mom had told me. "Dani, you'll never look at oceans the same once you go to Hawaii," she said a week before our trip last year. She was right. I looked out of my window and frowned. Our oceans are so filthy and polluted, you aren't even able to see your feet in the water. In the Hawaii beaches, you could see everything under the water's glass-like surface. The transparent water made it fun to go snorkeling above the surface and see the exotic fish peaking out of the green leafed plants, or see the sea urchins suction cupped to the rocks. You can't enjoyed anything like that over here. It's sad how people don't value beauty over here like the oceans. I wish ours could be a replica of Hawaii's. But then again, that's what makes the islands such a great and valuable place to visit. Everywhere in the world has it's own special quality that other's don't have. I guess it's just up to us to explore and appreciate them.