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Hebedoma Hana Kindness

“Ke hele ʻoe i loko o kou hale kūʻai kofe a i ʻole e hele i ka hana, he aha kāu e hana ai e hana ai i ka lā o kekahi? E uku no ke kofe no ka mea e kū ana ma hope ou? E ʻakaʻaka a nānā i ka maka me kekahi e hele ana ma ke keʻena? Malia paha he lā paʻakikī ke kanaka a ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā ia, ua hana ʻoe i kahi hopena i ko lākou ola. ʻAʻohe hālāwai maʻamau akā he manawa kūpono e hoʻolaha i kahi mālamalama. " - Rabbi Daniel Cohen

Ua ʻike anei ʻoe he maikaʻi ka lokomaikaʻi iā ʻoe ola? Hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻike i ka lokomaikaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻana i nā hana lokomaikaʻi a puni ʻoe. Hiki i ka lokomaikaʻi ke hoʻopilikia i kou lolo ma ka hoʻonui ʻana a hoʻokuʻu paha i ke serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, a/a i ʻole oxytocin. Hiki i kēia mau mea kemika ke hoʻopilikia maikaʻi i nā pae koʻikoʻi, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a me ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa.

I kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea kūpono e hana ai, akā pili ia i ko mākou olakino holoʻokoʻa, pehea mākou e hoʻoulu ai i ka lokomaikaʻi i loko o ko mākou ola? Hoʻohanohano Hebedoma Hana Kindness, Ke komo nei au a me ka'u mau keiki i ka Fepeluali Kindness Challenge (he ala maika'i loa e kūkulu ai i nā mākau keiki ma kēia wahi a hā'awi iā lākou i ka ho'oikaika lolo maika'i)! ʻO kēia paena hāʻawi i kekahi mau manaʻo maikaʻi no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāu pilikia ponoʻī.

Noho au me kaʻu mau keiki, 8 a me 5 makahiki, e palapala i kā mākou papahana 30 lā. Ua nānā mākou i nā manaʻo no nā hana lokomaikaʻi, ua noʻonoʻo i nā manaʻo like ʻole a hui pū ʻia, a ua hana i ka pepa e palapala ai i kā mākou papahana no ka mahina. Nānā mākou iā ia i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka a me ke ahiahi a keʻa nei mākou i hoʻokahi mea i ka lā. Noho ʻo ia ma ke alo o kā mākou pahu hau i mea hoʻomanaʻo e lokomaikaʻi kekahi i kekahi a me ka poʻe a puni mākou. ʻO koʻu manaʻolana ma hope o 30 mau lā, lilo nā hana lokomaikaʻi i mea maʻamau ʻohana. Ua paʻa loa lākou i loko o mākou a ʻaʻole mākou e noʻonoʻo, hana wale mākou.

Aia mākou i ka pule mua o kā mākou hana lokomaikaʻi a ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana (ʻo ke kaikuahine a me ke kaikunāne ʻAʻole i hōʻike i ka lokomaikaʻi i kekahi i kekahi), manaʻo wau ua lanakila mākou i ka pō nei. Me ka nīnau ʻole, ua hana lāua i nā puke liʻiliʻi no kā lāua mau kumu. Ua hana lākou i nā moʻolelo a me nā kaha kiʻi a hoʻokomo i kahi ʻāpana lole no kēlā me kēia kumu mai kā lākou hōʻiliʻili pilikino (koe mai nā hoʻomaha hoʻoilo).

Iā lākou e hana ana i kēia hana i ka pō nei, ua mālie a mālie ka hale. Ua emi koʻu mau pilikia a ua maʻalahi ka manawa moe. I kēia kakahiaka, ua ʻuhi lākou i kā lākou mau makana a haʻalele i ka hale me ka hauʻoli. I loko o nā lā liʻiliʻi wale nō, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ko mākou ola maikaʻi a me ka emi ʻana o ko mākou kaumaha hui. Ua liʻiliʻi koʻu manaʻo, kahi e hiki ai iaʻu ke hōʻike maikaʻi iā lākou. Ma luna o kēlā, ua hana maikaʻi lākou i kekahi e hoʻoikaika nui e aʻo iā lākou i kēlā me kēia lā a ʻaʻole paha e mahalo pinepine ʻia. ʻOiai wau e ʻike nei e hiki mai ana nā piʻi a me nā haʻahaʻa me kēia pilikia e hiki mai ana, ke kakali nei au i ko mākou ʻohana e hana i kēia maʻamau maikaʻi e alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a me ke kaiāulu.