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Just For Today

November 6, 2014 Nā Hālau ʻĀha Hūi LanakilaLeave a comment

Take a moment and think back to when you were half your current age. What advice would you have given yourself, and how can this inform the way you move through life today?

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” ~ Anne Frank

Paradigm Shift ~ The Man In The Mirror

October 17, 2014 Nā Hālau ʻĀha Hūi LanakilaLeave a comment

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself.

For it isn’t a man’s father, mother or wife
Whose judgment upon him must pass,
The fellow whose verdict counts most in his life,
Is the man staring back from the glass

He’s the fellow to please, never mind the rest,
For he’s with you clear up to the end,
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass.
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.

(This poem was found written on
the wall of a cell in death row)

JUST FOR TODAY …

July 9, 2014 Nā Hālau ʻĀha Hūi LanakilaLeave a comment

Instead of checking your email or social media the next time you have a free moment, savor the feeling and discomfort of “being bored.” Write down any insights you learn in that moment.

When was the last time you were bored — truly bored — and didn’t instantly spring to fill your psychic emptiness by checking Facebook or Twitter or Instagram? The last time you stood in line at the store or the boarding gate or the theater and didn’t reach for your smartphone seeking deliverance from the dreary prospect of forced idleness? But boredom might not be as not as bad as it seems; in fact, it could be a good thing, which is rather counterintuitive to much that we have learned as adults about what makes life interesting. It is a state we need to reckon with if we want to know ourselves more intimately, and it has the potential to bring us to the present moment.

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Chabad ~ “A Year And A Day”

July 6, 2014 Nā Hālau ʻĀha Hūi LanakilaLeave a comment

As the entirety of the sun is reflected in every glistening droplet of water, so is the entirety of life reflected in your individual lifetime.

And in each of your years, you pass through the entirety of your life.

And in every day of your life you are born, live your life through, and pass on from this world.

All of life is found in your hands, today.

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