Int’l Aura Awareness Day Day 326 of 2009 39 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘A‘a: Volunteer
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Dripman: Vagrant
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A mudhen cries because it has water.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The easiest solutions are tried last” - Anon

HAWAII NEWS ARCHIVES – November 22, 1922
The Hawaiian Homes Commission, the parent of the Hawaiian Homelands organization, offers lots to Molokai residents which combine residential use with farmland, answering a request of some residents. Few residents, however, end up with any land.

Many Molokai residents are understandably not thrilled with the arrangement offered. Their ancestors, going back hundreds of years, had not “owned” anything. The concept of owning land was anathema to the old Hawaiian ways. Several old timers, especially those who remembered the Great Mahele of 1848, when the Christians offered land to every Hawaiian, if only they would sign away the rights to that land first. The Hawaiians expected the Christians to be true to their word, a disappointment that many in history have had to learn. Hawaiians ended up with little of the land to call their own. Now, this new commission. More than 86 years later, it’s not any better. The average wait for two acres of land from Hawaiian Homelands, if you are of Hawaiian descent, is 15 years. Most of the land given out lies unused. It’s unclear why the wait is so long.

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By Raphael O’Suna

People turn to declarations of love and to prayer, when death is imminent.

We heard this on the phone tapes of conversations on September 11th. Miners leave notes of love behind, when they are trapped. We heard this from Mt. Everest.

I can’t say whether saying “I love you,” or hearing it back, is the bracing balm or great justifier, but somehow love ultimately appears to be the pathway to eternity. A kind of toll free number to God.

Love maybe makes people feel safe or protected. Perhaps it makes people feel good and worthy. Love is a lifeline which spans decades, if only in memory.

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