Ma'ema'e

Aloha kakahiaka! Today's Hawaiian word is ma'ema'e. It literally means clean. Ma'ema'e ka hale. The house is clean. It also means pure, attractive, chaste and purity. Ma'ema'e kona na'au. She has a pure heart. Ma'ema'e wale nō 'o Maui. Maui is a perfect beauty. When we want someone to clean up we say ho'oma'ema'e. E ho'oma'ema'e i ka hale. Clean the house. E ho'oma'ema'e i ke ka'a. Clean the car. I love the word ma'ema'e because it speaks of a pureness that is sometimes lacking in today's world. Not just being physically clean and neat, but being pure and chaste inside, in the na'au. Have you ever met someone who radiates this in their countenance? Their lives are pure, simple and they are so joyful and content. Being ma'ema'e brings this kind of peace. Peace that comes from deep within the soul. Peace that comes from living a righteous life, doing the best you can and being ma'ema'e inside and out. We can all achieve ma'ema'e. As we strive to do good, to live pono and to make things right in our lives, we, too become ma'ema'e. Each day we can all choose to live with a little more purity in our lives. Pure intentions, pure love, pure hearts. As we live these loina that our kūpuna exemplified, we are doing our part in making our world a better place. Ma'ema'e nō. Aloha nō, a hui hou!