ʻO ka nui kūpono o ka manawa kamepiula

I kahi ʻāina e noho ana i kēlā me kēia pō i mua o ke kīwī, he mea ʻē paha ka nui o ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka hoʻonaninani o ka pale kamepiula i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka nui. ʻAʻohe kanalua e hana nā keiki e like me ka hana a ko lākou mau mākua. Hauʻoli lākou i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka honua nui o ka Pūnaewele. Hauʻoli lākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēlā pāʻani kamepiula hou. Akā, ehia mau manawa i mua o ka pale o ke kamepiula ka manawa kūpono?

ʻAʻohe kānalua e hele ana kekahi mau poʻe e puka a ʻōlelo i ka lilo ʻana o nā keiki i ka manawa ma mua o ke kamepiula. Pau paha lākou i ka haʻi ʻana mai iā mākou e hoʻi paha ko lākou mau maka a i ʻole kekahi mea. Nānā ʻole i kā lākou e ʻōlelo ai, ʻike mākou i kēia manawa he mea nui e kaupalena i ka manawa o nā kamaliʻi e hoʻohana ai i ke kamepiula. ʻIke mākou i kēia no ka mea ʻike mākou he mea kūpono wale nō nā kamaliʻi e pāʻani ma ke kamepiula e hoʻokuʻu nui i nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ola a me nā mea o ka hoʻokani hoʻokani e aʻo iki iā lākou.

Ma ke ʻano he mākua, na kākou e kaupalena i ka hana a ke keiki. Aia iā mākou e hoʻolako iā lākou i kekahi mea kūpono e hana ai aia lākou ma ka pūnaewele pū kekahi. I kēia, manaʻo mākou he pono ʻoe, e Māmā a Pāpā paha e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻike i nā pāʻani a lākou e pāʻani nei a me nā pūnaewele a lākou e hoʻolālā ai e kipa. Eia kahi ala maikaʻi loa e kaupalena i ka mea a lākou e hana maoli nei.

Ma kahi o ka ʻae ʻana iā lākou e heʻenalu a hoʻopau i kekahi pūnaewele maikaʻi ʻole ma waho, e hele i mua a hoʻoiho i pāʻani a ʻelua paha na lākou. Leʻaleʻa nā pāʻani i loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele, akā ke hiki i ka makua ke koho, hiki iā lākou ke leʻaleʻa a me ke aʻo i ka manawa like. Pono kāu keiki i ke kōkua makemakika? A laila e hele a hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi pāʻani pākaʻina leʻaleʻa e aʻo i nā mea e pono ai lākou ma kahi maʻalahi e launa me ke ʻano. Hiki i kēia ke hana no kekahi mau kumuhana e like me ka pela pela ʻana, ka ʻepekema, ka mōʻaukala a me ka ʻōlelo. Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i kahi pāʻani kamepiula e like me kēia, hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka manawa o kā lākou kamepiula, ʻē, pono i kāu mau maka.

E kahaha paha ʻoe i ka nui o nā mākua e ʻōlelo wale nei, ‘ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke pāʻani ma ka pūnaewele.’ ʻAʻole maopopo ka hapa nui o lākou i ka mea a kā lākou keiki e hana nei e waiho wale i ka ʻike e pāʻani ana ʻo ia i kahi pāʻani aʻo! Aʻole Pololei! ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki e ʻike a pāʻani i kahi pāʻani e hoihoi iā lākou me nā kala ʻōniʻoniʻo a me nā kiʻi. ʻAʻole ia manaʻo ʻaʻole makemake lākou i nā pāʻani i hāʻawi ʻole i kēia kumumea. Akā, ʻo nā pūnaewele a lākou e kipa aku ai piha i nā hoʻolaha e ʻumeʻume iā lākou i loko. Kuhi kāu hana iā lākou i ke ala kūpono.

No laila, hoʻi i kā mākou nīnau; ehia nā manawa kūpono no ka manawa kamepiula na kāu keiki? ʻĀ, i loko o kēlā nīnau ka huaʻōlelo, ‘kou’ a ʻo ia hoʻi ma kāu makemake e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe i kā lākou pono. E kaulike i ko lākou lā me ke kino, ka naʻau, ke hoʻokamani a me nā mea nui ʻē aʻe o ke aʻo a laila hoʻohui i kahi manawa liʻiliʻi no ka pāʻani kamepiula. E manaʻoʻiʻo paha ʻaʻole paha, ke kūkulu nei lākou i nā mākau e pono ai lākou ma hope i ke ola.