Hana Hou!

Aloha mai e ku'u mau hoa pepeiao o ke kakahiaka! Today we explore the Hawaiian phrase, Hana Hou. I’m sure most of us are familiar with this word. We use all the time at concerts and shows when we want to see it or hear it again. It’s the Hawaiian equivalent of “encore” in this context. But what do these words really mean? Hana has many translations, but it is commonly used to mean work, job, labor; to do, to work or to behave. E hana i ka ha'awina. Do you homework. Ua hana au i kēia lā. I worked today. E hana maika'i. Do it good. Hou translates as new, fresh, recent, again or more. When we put it together we get translations like, do it again, do it over, one more time, but the translation I want to focus on today is, start fresh, start anew. In life we make all kinds of plans, but not all of our plans come to fruition. Life happens and our plans get changed or even thrown out the window at times. I, like others can sometimes dwell on what isn’t going right or what didn’t happen the way I planned it. The wonderful news is that when we get distracted from our goals and dreams or when our plans don’t pan out the way we have envisioned, we can hana hou – start again, start anew. So, if you are like me and start to dwell on what isn’t going right or what hasn’t happened yet, stop, take a deep breath and hana hou, start over, do it again, make those plans again and take the steps to make it happen. As long as you try, you cannot fail. Failure only comes to those who don’t even try. No laila, e hana hou kākou! Aloha nō, a hui hou! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AND DOWNLOAD THE MORNING MANA'O PODCAST.


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