Kona Kohala Blog

What happens next is anyone's guess.  We're faced with a housing slowdown the magnitude of which we've not seen in a long, long time and energy prices that are putting the kaibash on travel.  This double whammy is hitting Hawaii below the belt; we rely on tourism and the desireablitly of Hawaii as a place to live for people of retirement age.

When travel becomes prohibitively expensive, people think twice about moving here since the opportunity to visit or be visited becomes less and less likely.  How far energy costs can climb and how low housing prices can go are yet to be revealed to us.  There is opportunity here, somewhere.

How far ahead can you see and plan?  Do you think this will ever change or are we headed down a long painful road to a drab and dreary future?  After too many cloudy days, one may believe cloudy days are here to stay however; I believe this too shall pass.

Nothing is forever except taxes and some STD's.  This too shall pass, IMHO.  Look for the opportunity hidden in the darkness.  For thousands of years wise men have said, this too shall pass.  There's no reason to believe that we are any different than those who came before.  There has always been opportunity in crisis and chaos.

So which are you, the nay sayer or the dreamer?  Are you planning for the end or are you looking for opportunity?  What happens next is really up to each of us.  Failure or success is our choice, what'll it be?  aloha