Four Spinner dolphins form a vertical column of alignment with the sun's rays, streaming through the big blue off the coast of Hawai'i. To my delight, a pod of about 100 Spinners swim with me, and my smile is so huge that I have to physically bite down on my snorkel to keep it from popping out of my otherwise goofily joyous mouth. They're all around me in pairs, trios, quartets and more. 10 on my left, 15 on...

Standing nearly 14,000 feet atop Mauna Kea on Hawai'is big island, above the clouds on the world's tallest mountain (when measured from its base deep under the ocean), watching our Earth's shadow glow across the sky, a vibrancy pulses deep in my core. From this, the most sacred land in all of the Hawai'ian islands, I can't help but reflect on my purpose. I stand for shining a light on our Earth's majesty, for connecting us to her vibrancy, for...

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