Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 3, 1 March 2011 — Mahalo Trustee Lindsey for your insight [ARTICLE]

Mahalo Trustee Lindsey for your insight

I wanted to send a warm mahalo to Trustee Robert Lindsey for his February eolumn, 'Pianl aloha, reap harmony,' my wishfor OHA. The Chinese fable he shared - whieh told of a young man named Ling whose honesty was rewarded by the Emperor - was a remarkable gift of wisdom to all of us. As Shakespeare famously said, When you are true to yourself, you cannot be false to any person. Trustee Lindsey took the fable a step further, however, by describing its kaona. Planting virtues reaps more virtues, he said, giving examples of honesty reaping trust, goodness reaping friends and humility reaping greatness. My hope is that all the teachers in Hawai'i will share Trustee Lindsey's eolumn with their students, so that they may be guided by that fable. Indeed, the fable describes a universal sentiment of honesty, whieh is also echoed in an Indian proverb that says: When you are true to yourself, you are creating your integrity. When you are true to others, you are creating honesty. Now that's a lesson we ean all learn from. Kalei Hughes Honolulu, O'ahu