ʻO kēlā me kēia pōpoki, e like me nā kānaka, he ʻano ko lākou: he aloha a aloha kekahi kekahi mai ka manawa i hānau ʻia ai lākou, akā eia nō naʻe kekahi poʻe makemake ʻole i ke kāwili ʻia a hoʻomāinoino nui ʻia paha. Kapa ʻia kēia mau inoa ma ke ʻano he "antisocial" a i ʻole "surly", akā ʻo ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me kēlā. ʻAʻole ia no ka makemake ʻole lākou i kou nānā, akā kēlā he mau holoholona lākou e hōʻike nei i ke aloha a lākou e manaʻo ai i kekahi poʻe ma nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.
ʻOiai aia kekahi mau huluhulu e hele koke aku iā ʻoe e noi ana i nā pelu a me ka hoʻokipa, aia kekahi e lanakila i kou aloha i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa. No laila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike pehea e mālama ai i ka pōpoki aloha ʻole, hāhai i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo.
Pono kahi pōpoki aloha ʻole i ka mālama like e like me kēlā. Akā e nānā hou mākou i kā lākou hana e ʻike i ko lākou hōʻike ʻano ʻē o ke aloha. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo kekahi o kaʻu mau pōpoki, ʻo Susty kona inoa, ʻaʻole i aloha nui ʻia. Eia naʻe, haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou mahalo ʻo ia iā mākou i nā ʻano like ʻole:
- Ke hele ʻoe i ka puka, ʻo ka mea mua āu e hana mau ai aloha mai iā mākou (meows). A inā pane mai kekahi iā ia, pane ʻo ia iā ia.
- 'Talklelo "pinepine wau iā ia, e hoʻāʻo ana e hoʻohālike i kāna meow, a like pū, pane mai ʻo ia iaʻu: meow. He pōkole lākou, ʻaneʻane meow gut.
- Hoʻopili i nā maka i kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e hāʻawi aku ai iā ia i kahi mea āna e aloha ai, kahi hōʻailona kuhi hewa ʻole ua hauʻoli ʻo ia me ka nānā a mākou e hāʻawi nei iā ia i kēlā manawa.
- I ka pō, no ka nui o kāu ʻōlelo "hele mai", ʻaʻole ia e hele. Akā inā makemake ʻo ia i kekahi mea nāu e piʻi i luna.
E like me kāu e ʻike ai, hiki i kahi pōpoki aloha ʻole ke lilo i hoa aloha nui loa. Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi ala e maopopo ai iā ʻoe kekahi (maopopo leʻa, me ka ʻuā ʻole a me kekahi mea e like me ia). No laila, e mālama pono iā ia a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka noho like ʻana, ʻo kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo kēlā noho manawa me kāu pōpoki. E ʻike iā ia. E ʻike pehea kona ʻano, a uku iā ia no ka hana maikaʻi.
No laila e kūkulu ʻolua i kahi aloha aloha maoli a mau ia i mau makahiki, 😉.