Reflecting Again...
Huge Decisions...
Major Changes...
Precarious Paths...
Life Isn't a Dress Rehearsal...
It is a Sold-Out Show...
Bring on the Main Event...
Friday, March 31, 2017
Reflections...
Reflecting Again...
Huge Decisions...
Major Changes...
Precarious Paths...
Life Isn't a Dress Rehearsal...
It is a Sold-Out Show...
Bring on the Main Event...
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Mai Poina...
I watched this visiting Mother, Father and Daughter...
Savoring a Moment in Time...
Unparalleled Beauty and Divine Power...
Above Waikīkī...
As I myself Envisioned...
Kamehameha and his canoe fleet of Wa'a Peleleu...
Storming over the Horizon...
Landing right Here...
In 1795...
Uniting an Island Kingdom...
In Blood and Gunpowder...
In Ripping Shark's Teeth...
Brave men and women...
Many on their last Day of Life...
Embracing in Tearful Goodbyes...
Let us Never Forget...
Such Sacrifice...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Rock...
Find Your Spiritual Stone...
The Living Stone...
The Rejected Stone...
His Cornerstone...
Within...
Grateful...
Today was an Intense and Reflective Day. I had conversations on Life and Death. Faith and God. Our Men in the Prisons. Culture. Pueo as 'aumakua and akua. Militarization and the bombing of Pohakuloa. I spoke to some of my stones. I spoke about Mauna 'Ala and our most Sacred of the Sacred. I spoke to a Beloved Friend who just lost his Life-Partner. I spoke to a Beloved Kupuna who just lost his leg to Diabetic Neuropathy. I spoke to another Beloved Friend about the events of my last seven years to catch up. It Truly made me Reflect on what I had been through.
I lost my own Beautiful Mother in 2010.
In 2011, my Beautiful sister Nalani was diagnosed with Cancer.
In 2012, I went through my own ordeal at Queen's on Life-Support, and in a coma with heart, kidneys and fluid-filled lungs failing, an abdominal cavity liquid antibiotic resistant infection and a MRSA infection on my arm eating my skin at my IV entry-point, with my sister Nalani caring for me day-and-night while fighting her own battle.
Then 2013 when Nalani passed away.
Then 2014, when my Father, diagnosed with Severe Combative Dementia, lost his savings to a new spouse, I had to travel 5000 miles to rescue him from a care-home and bring him home while kidnapping charges were levied against me to a Sheriff's Department and hostile attorney threats came fast and furious. Then I had to engage in a legal battle for Guardianship, successfully winning, and immediately filing for Divorce, only to have my Father pass away at the end of 2014.
Then in 2015, I buried my Mother and Father together at Punchbowl, and had to undergo Emergency Heart Surgery to remove a 90% blockage leading to my Heart, that nearly took my Life with severe Angina Pectoris attacks.
So as I drove home today from work, I was stuck in traffic. I watched the Beautiful Sun shining on my face, feeling the warmth over 90 Million miles away. I watched the Coconut Trees dancing their mesmerizing dance in cool Mountain Breezes. And as Blind Melon's "No Rain" came onto the radio, I let the tears of Gratitude stream down my face, so filled with Love, I felt ready to Burst. Filled with Humility and Amazement to be Alive. So Humbly Grateful for this Amazing, Incredible, Beautiful and Blessed Life.
Rain or No Rain. Simply Breathtaking...
Rain or No Rain. Simply Breathtaking...
Twilight...
I Humbly Asked God...
To Paint Twilight...
To Show such Beauty...
As if I had Gazed Upon...
You...
Monday, March 27, 2017
Enraptured...
I Kissed Eternity...
In Her Loneliness...
And She Radiated...
Like a Thousand Suns...
Igniting My Wanton Heart...
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Together...
Together...
In Love and Light...
With Humility and Gratitude...
There is No Challenge...
Or Obstacle...
We Shall Not...
Overcome...
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Lessons...
Let Us not Hold...
Each Other in Judgment...
For the Suffering Lessons...
Of Our Souls...
Be a Loving Place...
Of Refuge...
For All...
Friday, March 24, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Words...
Never Underestimate...
The Power of Words...
Of Kindness...
Of Believing in Goodness...
Expressing Appreciation...
And Love...
Redemption...
Everyone Possesses the Gifts...
Of Redemption...
Humility...
And Forgiveness...
From Those you have Hurt...
And From Yourself...
To Begin Anew...
While There is Still Time...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Hālawa...
Today was a Powerful and Healing Day at Hālawa Correctional Facility for the ceremonial observances of the Closing of the Makahiki Season...
Monday, March 20, 2017
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Saturday, March 18, 2017
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