The Beauty of
a Bali native woman matches that of the islands coral reefs. Do you suppose a
land mass can take on the beauty of its inhabitants? That was my first
impression as a tourist visiting for the first time just a few years ago. The
destination was chosen for me by my business partner at the time. Sweet Bill
wanted to give me a little slice of the world and he knew I was never
interested in traveling outside the states, even outside of the north eastern
states.
I had some
travel time under my list of accomplishments and I was completely satisfied. At
Bill’s insistence I didn’t look a gift horse in the mouth and I did spend a
most wonderful experience on the Island of Bali just one year before my
retirement from the corporate real estate and just six months before my dear friend’s
sudden move in othere country.
Why did I
bring up the beauty of a native Bali woman?
My wife and I divorced twenty years ago and we are one of those ‘better
friends today than we were lovers when married.’ She is happily married and enjoys life on the
west coast. I just never got around to that whole dating scene. The dates I did
go out on just didn’t touch on any long term desires for either of us.
I consider
myself average in everything including looks but as 65 years weathers the frame
I still find myself very content with the way I feel and where I am in life but
on the Island of Bali a woman changed some of my perspectives in a unique way.
It happened quite by chance. I was also average in clumsiness and that caused
one of those moments of not watching where you were going and walking into a
ladies restroom woops moments.
Once I
apologized profusely and walked out and into the men’s room I noticed my face
was as beat red as the lobster meal I just consumed. Embarrassed in my error
but also for what my eyes focused on and a bit longer than they should have I
must admit. A lady was standing in front of a hand dryer obviously trying to
dry off a spilled drink mishap. She was not wearing a bra and I was awestruck
at the beauty of a grandma figure in the moment of tending to a private task.
Once outside
on the beach of black sand I giggled to myself and thought how I came all these
miles to get to Bali and on my very first night I managed to be breastfully
whisked away in the moment. Very innocent but at the same time very innocently
pleased that the natural beauty of this woman stirred within me a strong desire
to experience the beauty of Bali and a desire to begin dating when I returned
to the states.
Sitting there
in the sand, my hands folded behind my neck with my elbows propped up on my
knee’s and looking down into the black sand I had a shadow feeling of a passing
cloud wash over me. It was a cloud of beauty with a voice. “Excuse me, may I properly introduce myself
since we already met and I feel you know me better than I know you?”
Two seasoned
adults, one from the USA and a native Bali real estate business lady from Bali threw caution
into the warm tropical winds of Bali and spent a glorious week together. Our villas in Bali of intimacy in life was so similar. The timing of our introductions created a
week of spontaneity that could never have been planned. We are like two ships that gently bumped into
each other in life. Just three more months
and we will experience our second annual holiday date!
The end or
perhaps another beginning.
