Sugarcane & Sunshine: July 2003

Friday, July 4, 2003

An Amazing Woman In An Amazing Place (Kahalu'u, Oahu)

Grandma Julia Maria Paulo, Uncle Ray, Casius & Kalamaikapo

Tuesday, July 1, 2003

My Parents & Grandparents

'Aloha' was a recognition of life in another. If there was life there was mana, goodness and wisdom, and if there was goodness and wisdom there was a god-quality. One had to recognize the 'god of life' in another before saying 'Aloha,' but this was easy. Life was everywhere ... Aloha had its own mana. It never left the giver but flowed freely and continuously between giver and receiver. 'Aloha' could not be thoughtlessly or indiscriminately spoken, for it carried its own power. No Hawaiian could greet another with 'Aloha' unless he felt it in his own heart. If he felt anger or hate in his heart he had to cleanse himself before he said 'Aloha'. - Queen Lili'uokalani