Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 2, 1 February 1999 — KUDOS [ARTICLE]

KUDOS

Zero sum adds up to cruel kindness for Hawaiians politically, socially, economically and in most other Western classifications. A belated congratulations to all our trustees. Your desire to serve and bear the burden of more than 200 years of zero adding up to zero is admirable, especially when it still deals with the addition and subtraction of sums in land and politics. Speaking of addition, Gladys Brandt defies arithmetic. She was our principal when I was at Kamehameha at least 30 years ago! Now I finally realize why I try to live my life the way I do. It was because she led us in an unyieldingly graceful manner to live with courage as our compass, determination our wind, faith our rudder and character that makes possible all that is to follow. Our ehoiee of words reflects our dreams and becomes our reality. May our trustees win some and put us in the plus side. Sharon LumHo Berkeley, CA