Malie, calm and serene

Aloha mai e nā makamaka! Greetings beloved friends! Mālie 'o Maui ke waiho maila Kaihuokalā. Maui is calm when Kaihuokalā can be seen. This 'ōlelo no'eau is spoken on a calm, clear day. When Kaihuokalā hill in Hāna Maui could be seen in all its glory, it was said to be a very calm, clear day on Maui. This beautiful proverb made me ponder a bit about the word mālie. Literally, mālie means – calm, quiet, serene, pacific, still, silent, tranquil, gentle, gradual. Ka Makani Lawe Mālie refers to the calm, gentle breeze of Wailuku. Mālie ke kai, the ocean is calm. Said when the seas are at ease and ocean is still and tranquil. Maika’i Kaua’i, hemolele i ka mālie. Kaua’i is good, perfect in the calm. Through these sayings we get a sense of what malie means. In this busy world we live in today we all need and seek after calmness, serenity and tranquility. Some of us find mālie in certain places or with certain people. Many find a sense of malie at home, with 'ohana, in the shelter of our homes. Mālie also means to be calm, quiet and gentle. It is a good reminder to me to be gentler with myself and with others, especially those I love. The greatest lesson in mālie came to me through the example of a beautiful woman I had the privilege of knowing who was named Mālie. She radiated the characteristics of her name. Her example has given me a greater determination to create a sense of mālie in my life and my home and to truly apply mālie into my words and actions.

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