Welina mai kakou - eia kuu leo e hali ʻia nei e ka makani Puluea e hoʻolu mai i ke kula maʻumaʻu ʻo Hoʻolehua. Eia koʻu manaʻo kikokiko mua loa...mahalo e HaynMade no ka paipai e komo i keia hana...hoihoi no hoʻi.

Todayʻs recurring theme: Why are some people eager to push out and teach, that which they have newly learned, and by far, have not mastered? Bigger question - when does one become a kumu, a source? Does it happen when you have been taught everything you need to know? Does it happen when you additionally create or add to the collective of knowledge or talent that has been transferred?

I notice that sometimes people forget the kuleana that comes with knowledge, and its absence points towards a lack of wisdom. We can know things, all kinds of things, but if we do not know how to respect or use it appropriately, we have not come to aloha that which we "know". Hence our kupuna used very specific terms to distinguish - ʻike, manaʻo, noʻeau, naʻauao...noʻonoʻo, maopopo, paʻanaʻau, ʻike.  Letʻs take a moment to ponder what each of these words mean, and how often they can be used to describe ourselves and where we are.