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Thought while watching today’s happenings, 1/6/2021.

Posted on January 6, 2021 by nupepa

I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola. I ka ʻōlelo nō ka make.

[Words to remember, whenever using words…]

(Olelo Noeau, p. 129)

Mary Kawena Pukui’s ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings, Bishop Museum Press, 1983.

1 thought on “Thought while watching today’s happenings, 1/6/2021.”

Hau'oli Akaka on January 8, 2021 at 9:23 am said:

Āʻoia. Penei pū nō koʻu manaʻo. Ua like hoʻi me Nā ʻŌlelo Akamai a Solomona ma ka Baibala.(Proverbs 18:21)
Ma ke elelo ka make a me ke ola;
ʻO ka mea makemake ma laila, e ʻai ʻo ia i kona hua.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Aloha nō, Hauʻoli

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