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February 11, 2010
He aha kekahi ʻōlelo aʻo o koʻu wā kamaliʻi i paʻa iaʻu?
He aha kekahi ʻōlelo aʻo o koʻu wā kamaliʻi i paʻa iaʻu? A pehea e ola nei ia ʻōlelo aʻo iaʻu?
I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ua hekehi māua ʻo koʻu makuakāne mai Waimea a hiki i Hapuna i kekahi mau hopenapule. I ko māua hekehi ʻana, noi akula au i koʻu pāpā i nā ʻano mea like ʻole, “I wish I had a bike. Makemake au i ka paikikala. I wish I had a toy. Makemake au i ke kiʻi pāʻani. Makemake au i kekahi mau mea...” a pēlā wale aku. He mea hoʻonāukiuki iā ia a i kekahi manawa, haʻi maila ʻo ia iaʻu, “Well, wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up faster.” He mea nani ʻole nō a ʻaʻole au i hiaʻai i kona manaʻo i ia manawa, akā, ua kū koʻu noi ʻana ma ka hekehi ʻana.
No laila, he aha ka manaʻo nui? ʻO ka haʻawina ʻo ia hoʻi, inā makemake ʻoe, e hana ʻoe. Mai noho iho a noi wale nō. He manaʻolana e ulu ka ʻanoʻano i meakanu. No laila, ʻaʻole noho wale nō ia, e ulu nō hoʻi. I ka manaʻo naʻau Hawaiʻi, “Inā e makemake ana ʻoe e hānai i kou ʻohana, e huli kou lima i lalo a huki i ke kalo.”
I kēia wā, e hōʻokoʻa ana au i ka mea makemake a me ka mea nele. Pono loa au e kūʻai mai i ke kīwī nunui a i ʻole makemake wale au e kūʻai? E noʻonoʻo pono au i ka mea nele a me ka mea makemake a hiki paha iaʻu ke ʻike i ka pono a mālama i ke kālā kekahi.
What's a quote/phrase/idea that I learned as a child? And how am I perpetuating that?
When I was a child, my father and I would hike from Waimea to Hapuna some weekends. During our hikes, I would request all sorts of things from my dad, "I wish I had a bike. I wish I had a toy. I wish I had this or that," etc. It was annoying to him and one time he told me, "Well wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up faster." It's an inelegant thing to say, and I didn't appreciate it at the time, but I stopped my wishing on our walks.
So, what's that really mean? The lesson, for sure, is if you want something, work for it. Don't just sit and wish. A seed dreams of becoming a blank. Therefore, it doesn't just sit there, it grows. In Hawaiian thought, "If you want to feed your family, turn your hand over and pull out the taro."
These days, I differentiate between the things I want and the things I need. Is it necessary that I buy that big TV or do I simply want to buy it? I think about the true needs and wants, and I can see what the best thing to do is, and save some money sometimes too.
Posted at February 11, 2010 01:17 PM | ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian
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