If you can get beyond the clichès of what Hawaii should be like (according to picture postcards), what's 'native' and belongs here -vs- what's 'invasive, ' along with getting beyond a sometimes insane amount of challenges (!) towards what is actually authentic about this unusual, sacred place...life on the Big Island of Hawaii CAN be paradise. A Green Flame Omnimedia Slim: Life's Defining Moments in Slender Volumes; we exist in a time when each choice matters. This is the third slim of a triptych that explores the author's real life adventures on the volcanic Big Island Hawaii (#1 = 'Hawaii: Heaven Or Hell?' = 'Magic in Hawaii'). From Cristina Salat, author of 'Community: the COMPLETE Missing Manual' and the 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' series of companion novels.