Hope...

Here is another photo and angle of the pulelehua, or butterfly, on an inmate's hand right before the opening ceremony for the Makahiki at Halawa Correctional Facility. Several pa'ahao, or inmates, can be seen in the background. It was a powerful Hōʻailona for every one of us that day. We don't have to remain caterpillars in this life. It is up to us, at anytime, to blossom into all of our profound beauty through acceptance, love, forgiveness and redemption. No walls can contain or confine the beautiful human spirit...