Ke aloha hiki ʻole ke hoʻōki ʻia e ka ua
No 14 mau makahiki, ua hana au ma ka ʻoihana hoʻonui hōʻailona kelepona—e hoʻoponopono ana i nā wahi make, e hoʻoikaika ana i nā hōʻailona nāwaliwali, a e hoʻoponopono ana i nā pilikia kamaʻilio no nā home, nā ʻoihana, a me nā wahi ʻoihana. Akā i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua aʻo au i kahi mea maʻalahi: ʻaʻole wale ka ʻenehana e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā hōʻailona. E pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā kānaka, nā naʻau, a me nā moeʻuhane.
ʻO ia ke kumu i hele aku ai kā mākou hui i ke Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo Maʻan ma Yunfu no kahi lā o ka hāʻawi ʻana, ke aʻo ʻana, a me ka ʻakaʻaka. Ua hāʻule ka ua nui i ke kakahiaka holoʻokoʻa, akā ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻōki. Inā ua hoʻohiki mākou i nā keiki e hele mai mākou, pono mākou e mālama i kēlā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki. Ua lohi ka holo ʻana, akā ua manaʻo nui kēlā me kēia mile.
I ko mākou hōʻea ʻana, ua hāʻawi mākou i nā lako kula a me nā lako haʻuki—nā māka kala, nā puke liʻiliʻi, nā raketa badminton, a me nā pōpō. Ua ʻālohilohi koke nā helehelena o nā keiki. Hāwanawana mālie kekahi kaikamahine liʻiliʻi "mahalo", a ʻo kēlā me kēia minoʻaka liʻiliʻi i hoʻolilo i ka huakaʻi lōʻihi i mea kūpono. ʻAʻohe haʻiʻōlelo hoʻonaninani, he mau manawa mahana wale nō o ka kaʻana like ʻana a me ka hauʻoli.
Ma hope mai, ua mālama mākou i kahi papa ʻepekema maʻalahi. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka mea a mākou i ʻike maikaʻi loa ai: nā hōʻailona. Ua hōʻike aku au iā lākou i kahi mea hoʻopilikia hōʻailona, e wehewehe ana i nā huaʻōlelo maʻalahi pehea e pale ai i ka hoʻopilikia a mālama i ka ʻike. Kūlou nā keiki i mua, me nā maka ākea me ka hoihoi. Ua nīnau lākou i nā nīnau leʻaleʻa a ʻoiaʻiʻo: Hiki iā ia ke pale i nā hōʻailona pāʻani? Hiki iā mākou ke kūkulu i hoʻokahi iā mākou iho i kekahi lā?
Ua haʻi aku au iā lākou i ka mea like aʻu e haʻi aku ai i kēlā me kēia ʻōpio e nīnau ana e pili ana i ka ʻepekema: e kālele, e hoʻowahāwahā i nā mea hoʻowalewale, a e hahai i kāu mau moeʻuhane. E like me ka hōʻailona maikaʻi e ʻoki ana i ka walaʻau, e kōkua ka hana nui iā ʻoe e ʻālohilohi. He nui nā keiki i kaʻana like i kā lākou mau moeʻuhane ponoʻī—nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mea kinai ahi, nā kānaka ʻepekema—a he mea nani ke ʻike i ko lākou mau manaʻolana mālamalama no ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ma hope o ka papa, ua kū ka ua, a ua pāʻani mākou ma ke kahua pāʻani. Nā pāʻani wikiwiki, nā noho mele, a me ka nui o ka ʻoliʻoli. Ua komo pū nā keiki mālie, ua lilo nā ʻakaʻaka hilahila i ʻakaʻaka nui, a ua piha ke kahua pāʻani holoʻokoʻa i ka hauʻoli maʻemaʻe a maʻalahi. Ua hoʻomanaʻo mai ia iā mākou ʻaʻole pono ka hauʻoli i ka nui—ʻo ka mālama wale nō, ka nānā ʻana, a me ka manawa.
I nā makahiki he 14 i hala iho nei, ua ulu kā mākou hui mai kahi hui liʻiliʻi a i kahi mea pāʻani ʻoihana. Ua hoʻopau mākou ma mua o 500 mau papahana hōʻailona, ua hoʻoponopono i nā tausani o nā pilikia hōʻailona nāwaliwali, a ua kōkua i nā ʻoihana a me nā kaiāulu e pili mau. Akā, ʻaʻohe o ia mea he mea nui me ka naʻau ʻole. Lawelawe ka ʻenehana maikaʻi i nā kānaka, a ʻo ka holomua maoli ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana aku, ka kaʻana like ʻana i ka ʻike, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻōpio.
Hoʻokahi wale nō ʻanuʻu kēia kipa ʻana i ke Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo Maʻan. ʻAʻole he hanana manawa hoʻokahi ka pono o ka lehulehu—he mea maʻamau ia. E hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā mākou ʻenehana hōʻailona, a e hoʻomau mākou i ke kipa ʻana i nā kula, e kaʻana like i ka ʻepekema, a e paipai i nā keiki e moeʻuhane nui. Hoʻohui ka ʻenehana i nā hōʻailona; hoʻohui ka lokomaikaʻi i nā naʻau.
Inā ʻoe e hana ana i nā papahana uhi hōʻailona, a inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka ʻenehana e kōkua i nā kaiāulu, e hoʻopili kākou. Me 14 mau makahiki o ka ʻike honua maoli, hauʻoli wau e kaʻana like i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā hoʻonā kūpono, a me nā manaʻo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka ʻenehana e hiki ai ke lawelawe i nā kānaka a me nā moeʻuhane.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-23-2026 
