Our December Ho‘ohana; Nānā i ke kumu, Look to your Source

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[Steve Sherlock]

Rosa, I know I can speak for quite a few of the Ho'ohana community (if not all) when I say that we are all very grateful that you did make that fateful move in 2003. Your book and continued inspirational writing are working their magic. Where we will end up we're not sure but we are more confident going forward helping each other and ourselves on the way.

I look forward to continuing to "talk story" after your Nānā i ke kumu this year.

[Rosa Say]

Mahalo nui Steve for your generous comment, and for the aloha you share; what you have written means a lot to me.

The other thought your words evoke for me, is with how this community has so profoundly enriched my life in these past three years. Change can be magically good; it can transform, and the soul-searching which comes with Nānā i ke kumu has indeed been different for me – a very, very GOOD different, in the aloha-embrace of this community.

[Ken Partain]

Hi Rosa,

I too am glad you made that move and you have given me a model to emulate as I begin my own coaching practice.

Too many people work and work and work and never take time to recharge their batteries. Most people take a few days off here and there but not enough time to completely unwind before they are right back at it.

Part of that is the way our working world is structured but some of it is fear; fear of looking inside; fear of really getting to know ourselves in a different way; fear of thinking outside the box.

My hope this holiday season is that everyone will recognize their own inner value which dictates their outer value.

Thanks for all you do and I wish you much aloha.

[Rosa Say]

Thank you so much for sharing your mana‘o Ken, I so appreciate this!

When we re-charge our batteries we have so much more to give, and we end up to be our own good work – almost magical how that happens! Your new entrepreneurial endeavor is such a magnificent example of it.

Ho‘ohana Community; Ken wrote about his “Mid Life Awakening” for us here if you have not yet read it:
http://www.sayleadershipcoaching.com/talkingstory/2006/09/act_ii_my_midli.html

[John Keoni Monte]

ALOHA to Rosa and to ALL,
Growing up a Native Hawaiian I now realize that I have learned a bunch of stuff...and at the same time - I have forgotten more than I learned. Or maybe its: I haven't recalled a lot of what I learned growing up.
And maybe, that is the way it is supposed to be...after all, one cannot apply all things - at the same moment...although I use to try. A wonderful Kahuna once told me "Keoni, you are like a fire hose in the desert! And those who you come across are like beautiful new flowers blooming in that desert. Now you have choice, yeah? If like, you can spot this beautiful flower - go up and talk story and admire it's features, scents, etc and then, geeve 'em little water for sustain and continue life...But you Keoni, you walk up with your fire hose and you open 'em up full blast! Then you look around stunned and surprised and ask 'where did the flower go?".
This was my first memory of "NaNa i ke Kumu" ;it arrived shortly after my fire hose was taken away!
Since that time...I began to notice that there really is 'the little guy' inside each of us...or 'little gal'. And this results in a 2 person being? This is where most of my challenges and battles have originated from!

It wasn't until reading what Rosa wrote about the 'drop back and punt' did this month's lesson come pouring into my cranium...as if somebody were using a fire hose...

Every year, I find myself a little out of balance - and it usually re-balances in a short time period. But then, there are those stubborn - or as my Mother use to say to me "Po'opakiki" times, where certain challenges morph into Klingons and stick around to annoy...and for a Virgo, that is torture!

But the 'Source' I found out was myself all along; I just did not want to 'take a look' . My struggle was not against anyone or anything else...it was against this 'inner child'. And he has been a pain at times!

But when I finally stop... go to the Source...Nana i ke Kumu kine...the process becomes a pleasant, pleasing, and enjoyable one!

In younger days, I would do that thing they call 'meditation'; but again, the Kahuna asked me "What are you looking at in there?" and my answer would always be: I am focusing on the negative aspects of my being, so I can gather up the bad, and release it. He laughed and replied "focusing on negative, doesn't serve you, doesn't work, you are making the negative stronger." He was right...and Rosa is right!

I too, am now a believer of taking this precious time of year and immersing myself in Spirit, and the attitude of the time...that is what it is about. And the downtime is always a welcome component to year end wrap up!

By the way...that fire hose...it allowed me to achieve a 7th Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu San Soo and Lifetime Induction into the Golden Global Martial Arts Hall of Fame!! That's the balance.

Mahalo Rosa for guiding us into seeking our balance, inside and out...you do us all service, in you unselfish random act of kindness! Aloha Pumehana...

John Keoni Monte

[Rosa]

Aloha John, such wonderful stories of what nānā i ke kumu means for you! Thank you so much for sharing them with us!