Aloha Is More Than Love!

James Beaufait
The Daily Cuppa Grande
3 min readMar 3, 2023

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Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash

Aloha Is . . .

Far more than just one word in its translation from the Hawaiian language and cultural heritage.

Aloha is your first breath of life. Aloha is pure “mana” or primal energy. It expands from its origins as your life force into a complete state of being. It embodies the entire Hawaiian culture in one word or one breath.

Our conscious connection with this source energy is vital to our continued existence on this planet.

This energy morphs into a way of living, being, and respecting our and our neighbor’s thoughts, feelings, intentions, actions, the land, the sea, and all those who have come before us to make us who and what we can be. You might say that it is our ultimate potential as human beings living together on this spinning sphere, we call home.

Living Aloha

We’ve lived in the Hawaiian Islands for ten years and we are just beginning to feel the aloha spirit envelope our thoughts, feelings, and intentions as whole human beings.

We are connected to the land we live on by harvesting water and light to nourish our living. We care for our land, and it cares for us by providing food, shelter, and an array of flowering beings from orchids to blossoming trees that tower above us. The year-round abundance is a loving…

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James Beaufait
The Daily Cuppa Grande

Living our dream off-grid in Hawaii; passionate about creative expression: Wabi-sabi stories, living and dreaming consciously, and communing with Mother Nature.