Kuleana

My new Hawaiian word for the week:

Kuleana

Seeing responsibility as a privilege
that drives self motivation. 

It's having a vision and seeing the
value of something. 

In our families we may feel kuleana to pass on our traditions and heritage to our children.   Religiously, we also have kuleana in our hearts as we seek to unselfishly share the joy of the gospel with others.

There's an expression:  O Ke Aloha Ke Kuleana O Kahi Malihini

The translation is beautiful!  "Love is the host in strange lands"

This word goes nicely with  

Malama & Kokua

Malama is to care for, preserve & protect.  Add "Honua" which means land, people, things, all and it means you care for the land...all etc. 

Kokua is to help.  It is "Aloha in action".  At the PCC we have Kokua meetings individually with each of our students and Malama meetings as a group, like a pow wow to see how we can help each other.  This is where we see if we can help each other in any way to keep the mission of the PCC & the experiences of our guests at the top of our focus.  

The mission of the PCC is to preserve and portray the cultures, arts and crafts of Polynesia.