Lilikoi - passion fruit

a beautiful island song to share

by Paula Fuga from Hilo, Hawaii

Sweet and sour like a lilikoi oh my joy
Like smoke rising from the fire taling me higher

I'll never love again
The way that i loved you my friend
I know I put it all on you
Let your thoughts determine how i feel about me too
But now i lnow i must be one within
Before i create my own kin
I must be strong I must rely on the father
An independent daughter needs a strong courageous mother

Oh and now i know
i see the light it's clear to me now
oh and now i know

(chorus)

Ina mamake au e hopu i ka i'a
Pono e malama i ka lo'i
E piha ana i ka loko i'a
Hiki no ke koho me ke pono

oh and now i know
I see the light its clear to me now
Oh i maopopo

(whistling solo)

(chorus)

changing of seasons

There was a man who had four sons.
He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly.
So he sent them each on a quest, in turn,
to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
有一個人，他有四個兒子。
他希望他的兒子能夠學會不要太快對事情下結論，
所以，他依次給他四個孩子一個問題，
要他們分別出去遠方看一顆桃子樹。

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring,
the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
大兒子在冬天前往，二兒子在春天，
三兒子在夏天，小兒子則是在秋天前往。

When they had all gone and come back,
he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
當他們都前去也都返家之後，
他把他們一起叫到跟前形容他們所看到的情景，
大兒子說那棵數很醜、枯槁、扭曲。

The second son said no it was covered with green buds
and full of promise.
二兒子則說，不是這樣子，
這棵樹被青青的嫩芽所覆蓋，充滿了盼望。

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms
that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful
it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
三兒子不同意，他說樹上花朵綻放、充滿香氣，
看起來十分美麗，這美景事他從來不曾見到過的。

The last son disagreed with all of them;
he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit,
full of life and fulfillment.
小兒子不同意他們三人的說法。
他說樹上結滿了果子、累累下垂。
充滿了生命果子與豐收。

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right,
because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
這個人就對他四個兒子說：你們都是正確的。
因為你們四個人是在這棵樹的四個不同季節前往，
並且只看到其中一個季節的風景。

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person,
by only one season, and that the essence of who
they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from
that life can only be measured at the end,
when all the seasons are up.
他告訴兒子們不可用一個季節的風景來評斷一棵樹或是一個人，
關於構成一個人是怎樣的一個人的要件，還有一個人生命的
歡愉、喜樂、愛，只能在他生命的盡頭時候來做衡量。

If you give up when it's winter,
you will miss the promise of your spring,
the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
當你在冬天時候就放棄，
你就會錯過你生命春天的盼望、夏天的美麗、秋天的收成。

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
不要讓一個季節的痛苦毀掉其他季節的喜樂。

Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times
are sure to come some time or later.
不要因為一個痛苦的季節就對人生下結論，
持守忍耐度過這段艱難，美好的日子將在不久之後來到。

la mathématique de vie

A SMALL TRUTH TO MAKE LIFE 100%

If

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is equal to

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Hard Work

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

Knowledge

K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

Love

L+O+V+E

12+15+22+5 = 54%

Luck

L+U+C+K

12+21+3+11 = 47%

( don't most of us think this is the most important ??? )

Then what makes 100% ?

Is it Money ? ... NO ! ! !

M+O+N+E+Y

13+15+14+5+25 = 72%

Leadership ? ... NO ! ! !

L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P

12+5+1+4+5+18+19+9+16 = 89%

Every problem has a solution, only if we perhaps change our attitude.

To go to the top,

to that 100% ,

what we really need to go further... a bit more...

ATTITUDE

A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

It is OUR ATTITUDE towards Life and Work that makes OUR Life 100% ! ! !

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

Change Your Attitude …

And You Change Your Life ! ! !

Now that you know the nswer…

THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH THOSE YOU CARE

WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT ?

watch out, cupid!

my recent love pursuit turned out to be another little disaster. over the past months i fell for an instructor who is a couple years older than me, who by no means looked taken. what i saw in him was a young, fun and energetic spirit filled with humor and gentilness.

chance happened that i would meet up with him for an appointment. and i had the time to plan out a small plot just to show my eagerness to be friends with him. i set out to invite him to lunch, yet not until the day before i found out that he was married and our meeting place was his wife's office.

it would have been such embarrassment on my part and unforgivable of me to even display the slightest hint of interest in him in front of her or in her office. i can't but to think that cupid is having fun playing me for having done this to me, twice in a row, to allow me to fall for some single-looking marriend men who don't wear their wedding band. i thought, it would have saved me some pain if i had known it earlier, but a friend had a better view, "but you had fun falling for him, didn't you?" yes i did, it was fun, and now i have ANOTHER funny sorry to tell...

cupid, you watch out now!