Ua hewa mākou. He aha kāu hana? Akā hana mākou i ka hana. Ua kapa lākou iā mākou i ka hanauna nalowale no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i makemake e lanakila. ʻAe mākou e lilo i mua o ka pāʻani ʻana. He poʻe lanakila lanakila mākou, fatalist; ua hāʻule mākou i loko o ka ʻohana maʻalahi averni ʻO nā hewa āpau a mākou e hoʻohana ai i ko mākou ola ʻAʻole mākou i ʻelemakule a decadent paha, ola mau mākou… a make loa.
Ua kamaʻilio wale mākou e pili ana i kēia lā no ka mea ʻo ia ka mea a mākou i waiho ai, kahi hana nui i kēia lā o ka ʻōpio, ka ikaika a me nā moe kolohe, luhi, hoʻonui ʻia me ke kauka lāʻau. ʻO kēia lā kekahi lā e ʻā i ke ahi wikiwiki o ke ola. ʻO kou ola, koʻu ola, he mea nui wale ia o ka manawa e kuni e like me nā pale o ka kalena frenzied.