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ENERGY RIGHTLY APPLIED AND DIRECTED WILL ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING Nellie Bly 1864 1922 38°N 77°W
PACIFIC OCEAN HANALEI BAY KAUAI HAWAII U.S.A. HAWA O AHU MOLOKAT KAUAI NI HAU LANAT KAHO OLAWE PACIFIC OCEAN HAWATI 1 CRUZ His name floated easily to him across the water Cruz turned to see his dad waving him in from the beach It couldn't be time to go already could it Knee deep in the warm surf Cruz raised an arm He spread his fingers to ask beg for five more minutes Please he whispered into the evening breeze In about three hours he would be leaving for Explorer Academy It was a long way from Kauai to Washington D.C. 4,882 miles to be exact And Cruz was scared What if he didn't make any friends What if he couldn't handle the training What if he disappointed his family his friends his teachers and everybody who expected him to be some thing even he wasn't sure he could be His father was giving him the thumbs up Yes Pushing the what ifs from his mind Cruz faced the tangerine sun set of Hanalei Bay He would think about everything else later He slid his belly onto the surfboard and began windmilling his arms through the tepid teal waters as he'd done thousands of times He'd been surf ing for as long as he could remember His dad teased him that he spent more time in the water than out of it which was probably true Cruz loved the sweeping motion of the waves Water was constant and comforting dependable
