Voice of the People

Back about ten years ago, there seemed to be hope regarding our gathering to take our nation back.  People were mass educating, programs were opening and the conversations were lively about it.

Fast forward ten years and everybody seems to be in a rut. It seems like people have lost hope, have lost faith and have lost interest.  There's been a lot of chopping one another down and of course, the race to a thousand different office positions, none of which truly serve our people, but plenty of which do a decent job in serving the community at large.

Having sat back and thought about it for some time today, I decided to start writing.  I can't possibly be the only one asking questions.  I can't possibly be the only one looking for that communication at large.  I sure do spend countless hours reading bits of the voice of the people on a dozens of different sites, social networks and blogs, as well as live conversations.  

However in doing so, I have discovered certain constants that continue to repeat themselves, therefore I would actually go as far as to say that this is the general voice of the people and that we should take these things seriously.

1. Despite what it looks like, people do still want our kingdom back, however in full security. People have lost a bit of hope because of all the inter-maoli battles that constantly plague our sense of moving forward.
2. This is largely because we are still feeling almost a direct effect of a fairly recent tragedy.  However, we must keep in mind that we choose to be upset and not to say for everyone to 'get over it' but to say that at this point, we can actually use those emotions for empowerment.  We can use that very energy to push until we create our ways.
3. The general Voice of the People is tired of seeing our leadership nag each other down and wants to see each one unite so that we can strengthen our cause.  All these allegiance to dozens of small populations in each quorum, is really hurting us more than it is helping us as a people and its about time for every leader to put bygones aside and move forward as one.  We CAN do it and we know we can.  Are our leaders afraid of success?

Our potential is there. Let's keep our energies balanced in a sense that we don't go to one extreme or another with each other, that we focus more on the 'being the bigger person' mentality, and please stop trying to compare struggles! Each of our journeys has been hand destined specifically for us.  There is a very deep reason we have the kuleana that we do and it is extremely important to remember that.

Each island has all kinds of classes & activities that we can participate in, or we can choose to do something small on the side, like cleaning the opala in our areas when we go to the park or beach.  It seems like tourism just keeps getting heavier and the amount of people flocking to live and do corporate business here is ever increasing.  On one hand we could complain about it and on the other hand, we can just continue to do what we do, ever setting an example for the world and the world does see.  

I hope that this post isn't offensive to anybody and shows what is out there. If you feel the need to verify, you can spend a few hours on youtube watching interviews and meetings, to catch a lot of what was said here.  All I did was think, remember and write.