Noho pū i ka Maluhia a me ke Kuʻikahi: ʻŌlelo Hoʻokipa ʻAha
Welina! Hauʻoli a hauʻoli wau i ka noho ʻana me ʻoe. Mahalo no kou hui pū ʻana mai iā mākou i kēia lā. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi papahana hoʻoulu a hoihoi i mua.
Akā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana, makemake wau e kaʻana like i kekahi mau manaʻo me ʻoe. ʻIke mākou nā kānaka iā mākou iho me ka ʻiʻo a me ke koko, nā iwi a me nā ʻiʻo, kahi ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu, kahi lima lauoho, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā kūlana i waho o ko mākou mana.
Manaʻo mākou he mau kiko maʻamau kekahi i kekahi i ka lehulehu; a laila hele mai kahi Gandhi a i ʻole Emerson, he Mandela, he Einstein a he Buddha paha ma ke kahua, a weliweli ko ke ao nei, me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ʻia i nā mea like me ʻoe a me aʻu.
He kuhihewa keia, no ka mea, he mea ole na olelo a me na hana a ka poe a kakou e mahalo nei a e mahalo nei, ke hoomaopopo ole kakou. A ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou manaʻo ke ʻole mākou i mākaukau e ʻike i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a lākou e aʻo ai a hoʻolilo iā lākou no mākou iho.
ʻOi aku mākou ma mua o ko mākou manaʻo - Facets o ka pōhaku aniani hoʻokahi. Akā, ʻaʻole maopopo kēia i nā manawa a pau.
ʻO ka hihia…I kēia Mei i hala iho nei, ua paʻi ka Wall Street Journal i kahi ʻāpana op-ed i kākau pū ʻia e US National Security Adviser Lt. Gen McMasters. Ua kū mai kekahi ʻōlelo:
Heluhelu ia: "ʻAʻole ka honua he kaiāulu honua, akā he kahua no nā lāhui, nā mea hana ʻole aupuni a me nā ʻoihana e komo a hoʻokūkū no ka pono."
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo kekahi mea i ke kūlana mana.
E nānā a puni ʻoe i ka poʻe o kēia lumi. He aha kāu e ʻike ai? ʻIke au i ka ikaika, ka nani, ke kūpaʻa, ka lokomaikaʻi. ʻIke au i ke kanaka.
He moʻolelo ko kēlā me kēia o kākou i hoʻomaka ai i ka huakaʻi i alakaʻi iā kākou i kēia lā.
Makemake au e kaʻana like i kaʻu me ʻoe. He kanakolu makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kono ʻia au e kōkua i ka poʻe ʻōiwi i loaʻa i nā ʻōpala pōʻino a me nā pū kahiko e hoʻohaumia i ko lākou ʻāina. Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa wau i ka manaʻo. A i koʻu hoʻi ʻana i ka home, ʻike wau i kahi mea hoʻopaʻa paʻa e heluhelu ana "Inā alakaʻi ka poʻe hahai, hahai nā alakaʻi." No laila, ua hana wau i ka hana.
A ma hope ua hele i ka lawelawe ma ke kahua o ka hakakā a me ka hoʻokūpaʻa ʻana no nā mokuʻāina palupalu a puni ka honua me ka UN, nā aupuni, nā pūʻali koa, nā keʻena hāʻawi a me ka soup alphabet a pau o nā hui kanaka.
ʻO kahi hapakolu o koʻu manawa i hoʻopau ʻia i nā hālāwai me nā alakaʻi aupuni, nā mea kūʻai mea kaua, nā ʻelele, nā mea kālepa, nā pūʻali koa, nā alakaʻi hoʻomana, nā haku lāʻau / kaua, a me nā alakaʻi misionari.
Ua aʻo nui mākou mai kekahi i kekahi, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mea maikaʻi. Akā, ʻo ka mea i waiho i kahi hōʻailona hiki ʻole iaʻu, ʻo ia ka manawa aʻu i hoʻolilo ai ma waho o kēlā mau keʻena, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke aniani pukaaniani.
Ma laila, i kēlā me kēia lā ka poʻe, noho pinepine i ka pōʻino a me ka pōʻino loa o nā kaiapuni me ka ʻole o ke aupuni e hana ana, hiki wale ke komo i ka meaʻai, ka wai maʻemaʻe a i ʻole ka wahie, e hoʻomau mau ana ma lalo o ka hoʻoweliweli, hoʻonohonoho i kā lākou mau hale kūʻai, kanu i nā mea kanu, mālama i nā keiki. , hanai holoholona, amo ka laau.
Me ka hana ʻana i nā hola lōʻihi i kēlā me kēia lā i nā kūlana pilikia, ua ʻike lākou i nā ala e hana like ai e kōkua iā lākou iho, i ko lākou mau hoalauna, a me ka mea kupaianaha, nā malihini.
Ma nā ʻano nui a me nā mea liʻiliʻi, hoʻopau lākou i kekahi o nā pilikia paʻakikī o ka honua. Kaʻana like lākou i ka mea a lākou i ʻike ai a me nā mea liʻiliʻi a lākou me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, i hoʻoneʻe ʻia e ke kaua, e ka mana-brokers, e ka haunaele a me nā haole mai nā ʻāina ʻē e hoʻāʻo nei, pinepine ineptly, e kōkua.
ʻAʻole kūlike ko lākou kūpaʻa, ka lokomaikaʻi, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻokipa.
ʻO lākou a me ko lākou mau diaspora nā kumu waiwai nui. E like me ʻoe, hoʻomālamalama lākou i nā kukui o kekahi, e hoʻokuke ana i ka pōʻeleʻele, e hoʻopili ana i ka honua i ka mālamalama.
ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ke kaiāulu honua. Hiki i ka WSJ ke haʻi mai iaʻu i kēlā.
Makemake au e hoʻopau ma ka unuhi ʻana iā Kauka Ernest Holmes mai ka makahiki 1931:
"E ʻimi i ka honua e maikaʻi. E ʻike i kēlā me kēia kāne a wahine paha ma ke ʻano he ʻuhane e ulu nei. E hoʻonāwaliwali ʻia ko ʻoukou manaʻo me ka naʻauao kanaka e hōʻole ana i nā wahaheʻe e hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou, a e hoʻolako ʻia me ka mana, ka maluhia, a me ka manaʻo e hiki ai ke hoʻohui iā mākou i ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO Dianna Wuagneux, Ph.D., Chair Emeritus o ICERM, e kamaʻilio ana ma ka 2017 Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, New York City, ʻOkakopa 31, 2017.