Hāʻawi ʻo Lenten talisman iā ʻoe i ka pōmaikaʻi.

Aia ka talisman nā hana maikaʻi a me nā austerities liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole pono e hana i nā hana maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā a hōʻole paha iā ʻoe iho i kekahi mea, hiki ke hoʻokahi wale nō hana kōkua a hoʻokahi austerity. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka talisman, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou.Pono ʻoe:- ka lole me nā lau

- kahi peni,

- kukui,

- pahu pahu,

- Kou kiʻi hope loa (pono ia i loko o ke kiʻi).E hooikaika i ka manaoI ka wa Lent hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kekahi meae kakau iho ma kahi pepa. Hiki iā ia, no ka laʻana, he keke i kāu hale kūʻai pastry punahele. Nānā! Mai hoopunipuni! ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi a hoʻi i ka lā hoʻokahi no kahi kuki, no ka mea, e pau ka hana a ka talisman, e nānā pū: Aia ma lalo o nā ʻēheu o nā ʻānela. ʻIke maikaʻi nā Altruists i kēia: kela hana maikai hoopiha ia lakou me ka olioli a me ka hau'oli. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i ka leʻaleʻa i hāʻawi ʻia no ka mea pili ia me ke kahe o endorphins. Ke kōkua ʻoe i kekahi i ka wā Lent, e hana i kahi mea maikaʻi, e kākau ʻoe ma kahi ʻāpana pepa. He kaʻawale kēlā me kēia hihia. E nānā pū: Laki ʻulaʻula kūpeʻe. Pehea e hoʻoikaika ai i nā mana maikaʻi? W Pōʻalima maikaʻi lawe mai i ka wai laa mai ka halepule mai. E holoi i ke kukui keʻokeʻo me ia. E hoʻā a puhi i nā ʻāpana pepa i loko o kona lapalapa ma luna o ka ipu aniani, ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka mea i kākau ʻia ma luna. A laila e hoʻokomo i kāu kiʻi i loko o ka pahu pahu a kāpīpī i ka lehu ma luna o ka pahu, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "Eia kaʻu mau hana maikaʻi, kaʻu mau mōhai. Na ka ikehu i loko o ia mau mea e kōkua mai iaʻu me ka ikaika ʻekolu i ka manawa pilikia. E lawa ʻia nō". Hūnā i ka pahu i loko o kahi pahu huki āu e wehe pinepine ai i ʻike ʻoe. Laki maikaʻi!Kikokikona: Elvira D'Antes