I’ve had several reminders lately, of how good it can be to return to one’s basic essentials, and the clear intention of sharing the spirit of Aloha is unquestionably one of mine; it feels good and right to bring 2019 to it’s conclusion with ALOHA as our Ho‘ohana Community value immersion for the months of […]
Sunday Mālama: Are your projects and your ideas in sync?
Sense of Place: It’s January, the month of resolutions, goal-setting, and life’s way finding. In a recent newsletter, I shared this with the Ho‘ohana Community; Two Choices: The Change I Choose. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my own experiences with making New Year’s resolutions, it’s this: a) Make as few of them as possible, […]
Alonui
“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.” — Dan Sullivan What are the good habits which empower you, and make you feel stronger? One of my Hō‘imi reflections was this: After a ten-year investment ‘dabbling’ in social media, I realized it didn’t qualify for me as a ‘good habit.’ Not Flickr or Instagram, not Twitter […]
Ho‘okipa, Time, and Attention.
I pulled up to one of our Hawai‘i Island resort hotels the other day, to valet park my car. The parking valets were out parking the cars of those who had arrived before me, leaving only the doorman to welcome me. That ‘welcome’ however, never happened. Oh, he did approach my car. He opened the […]
The Attentions of Others Matters to Us
Do you know why we love quotes so much? Because they have power, the power to hit you and pierce through to your core like a bolt of lightning — a bolt that will not damage you like real lightning will, but will keep you lit up, warmed, or energized with new resolve to BE.BETTER. […]
We’re Only Broken When We Stop Believing
I saw a tweet today, which said, “I think we have to come to the realization there is no changing the minds of middle America. This country needs to be split in two.” I’m not adding the writer’s name in credit, because I know this was said out of frustration, and not because it is […]
In “Being Human” we Relate with Aloha
As an author, and someone who genuinely feels she writes better than she talks, I loved the opportunity I was recently given, to present a keynote along with an essay my host published in a gift book given to all his conference participants. Part 2, Keynote. What usually happens, is that people will listen to […]