Nana Veary's Deeper Meaning To Hawaiian People

Aloha the word that translates to love in Hawaiian has much deeper meaning to the Hawaiian people. Nana Veary had a much deeper meaning for aloha. She said that everyone had an inner spirit. Her belief that all spirits and living things should be respected lives through all Hawaiian culture. The idea of only taking what is needed and the idea of taking care of the land and it will provide for you are the two ideas that have been parallel with her beliefs of spirits within nature and objects. She also said in her stories that you should not judge people for you do not know about their spirit within. We are all taught this and told not to judge anyone based on physical appearance as it is unjust and wrong. We are told that a person is who they are based on their personality and what they are on the inside. These two ideas correlate and are great values that all cultures should have.
An example of this would be how different it would be walking through campus. Usually while walking though campus people who do not know each other would walk past with no emotion or enthusiasm to talk. If all students and teacher lived with this aloha described by Veary everyone including teachers and staff would want to talk and socialize with all. I imagine freshman talking with senior about whatever is one their mind. This would make our campus a much brighter and pleasant place. Another example of what our campus would be like with aloha would be that there would be no drug or alcohol use. Veary’s definition of aloha stated not only that you should respect for other people’s inner spirit, but you should also have aloha for you own. With this being said no students would think of doing these drugs or alcohol as it is not aloha for your inner