its been a while, but i have very interesting things to share.

I recently went to a conference this past weekend and got to talk to and listen to some very educated and interesting people. Kupuna that have lived and loved doing what they do. There was about 36 kupuna and they all shared a little of their lives with us. One kupuna in particular really stuck out to me. She reminded me of my grandmother Dorothea Carvalho. Her name is Marie McDonald. When I had the opportunity to talk with her within a few minutes I came to realize that she was just like my grandma and made me miss my grandma very much. Her mannerisms, her presence and even a little resemblesence reminded me. And at that moment I felt and overwhelming need to cry. It was so unreal. It really felt like I was talking to my grandma and I wished and wished that I could have been talking to my grandmother. It got me thinking........

When your young you really don't feel the need to listen and spend time with older people such as kupuna. You are more likely to want to party and hang out with your friends and etc... Hanging out with kupuna tends to be boring when your young. But then when you become the age that wants to learn, wants to listen, wants to spend time, it ends up being too late. And then that legacy ends up going with your kupuna and is never spread to others. I really wish that I had been the age that wanted to learn, wanted to listen, and wanted to spend time when I had my grandparents here. Hopefully my father is reading and will pass his knowledge of life down to my son and so on and so forth. Even though my son is young, I know that his papa will be able to teach him a whole lot that others will not be able to.

So i leave you all with this.........................................

If you never share,
others will never care.
So share,
knowledge, thoughts, concerns,
anything that will teach the future and make the future the past.
Meaning.....

for example a hourglass
what happens when as hourglass is turned upside down?
The sand falls to the bottom.
and then what happens?
you turn the hourglass upside down and the process happens again.

Thats just like life.
The future is the past, the sand that fell from the top(past) through the middle(present) and down to the bottom(future) and the process repeats. So the future becomes the past and the past becomes the future.


Have a great day! :)