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When Sadness Meets Manaʻolana: A Story of Hope and Letting the Light Return

• Lynette Haunani • #changewithin • #changeyourmindchangeyourlife • Change • cultivgating inner space • Finding Aloha where you are at • hawaiian aura • healing • Hope & encouragement • mana'olana • mo'olelo • Never alone • recovery • reflection • story telling

When Sadness Meets Manaʻolana: A Story of Hope and Letting the Light Return

Aloha  sweet one. If you are new here, e komo mai (Eh-koh-moh-my), come inside, sit and stay for a while. If you are returning, welcome home. I've been thinking a lot about hope and how it shows up in my life today.  In olelo Hawai'i, Hawaiian language, the word for hope is manaʻolana (mah-nah-OH-LAH-nah). Its root, 'lana', literally means "to float." Not to fix, not to force. Just to stay afloat, gently, until the next wave carries you home.

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