HONOLULU (KHON2) — In Hawai ʻ i, the spirit of aloha is essential for building strong community ties. Whether you grew up here or you moved here at some point in your life, you have encountered aloha from many different sources.
From our community, we experience aloha when we are kind and courteous. In our work, we encounter aloha in honesty and good faith business dealings. On the ʻ aina, we experience aloha in a personal way. There are so many ways to embrace aloha.
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For people living on an island, aloha is especially important to driving an empathetic and cooperative society. Being greedy and selfish in island life can lead to many consequences we wouldn’t normally experience on the continent. Isolation, depression, hopelessness can creep in so very easily.
So, in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Month, KHON2.com had the great opportunity to learn more about this from Kumu Bradford Lum.
Kumu Lum believes that in order to have a successful life, one must embrace and live aloha. But how does one do that?