He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ko mākou ola, akā he aha kā mākou e ʻike maoli ai? Maopopo iā mākou ke ʻano o ia mea? Manaʻo pinepine ʻia mākou e hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka manawa kūpono e loaʻa ai kekahi ʻano uku o waho a i ʻole e pōmaikaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻoi aku ka lahilahi a me ka paʻakikī o nā mea a pau. Ma ka lā hana, ʻike mākou i ke ʻano o kā mākou mau hana.
He aha ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai iā mākou e ʻimi i nā pahuhopu paʻakikī, weliweli, a ʻeha paha ke hoʻokō? Hiki iā mākou ke hauʻoli i ka noho ʻana ma kahakai a me ka inu ʻana i nā mojitos, a inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolilo i kēlā me kēia lā e like me kēia, hauʻoli mau mākou. Akā ʻoiai he mea maikaʻi i kekahi manawa ke hoʻolaʻa i kekahi mau lā i ka hedonism, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo e māʻona ʻoe i kou ola e hoʻolilo i nā lā, pule, mahina, makahiki, a i ʻole kou ola holoʻokoʻa ma kēia ʻano. ʻAʻole ʻo ka hedonism pau ʻole e hōʻoluʻolu iā mākou.
ʻO nā haʻawina i aʻo i nā pilikia o ka hauʻoli a me ke ʻano o ke ola ua hōʻike ʻo ka mea e hāʻawi ai i ke ʻano o ko mākou ola ʻaʻole ia e lawe mai i ka hauʻoli. ʻO ka poʻe e ʻōlelo nei he manaʻo ko lākou ola, ʻoi aku ka makemake i ke kōkua ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka leʻaleʻa no lākou iho.
Akā ʻo ka poʻe mālama mua iā lākou iho, hauʻoli wale lākou.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka manaʻo he manaʻo paʻakikī, akā hiki ke ʻike ʻia kona mau hiʻohiʻona nui: ka manaʻo e ola ana ʻoe no kekahi mea, he waiwai kou ola a hoʻololi i ka honua no ka maikaʻi. Hoʻomaka ka manaʻo he ʻāpana ʻoe i kahi mea nui aʻe ma mua o ʻoe.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Friedrich Nietzsche e loaʻa iā mākou nā mea waiwai a me nā mea nui o ke ola mai ka hakakā ʻana me nā pilikia a me ka lanakila ʻana i nā pilikia. Ua ʻike mākou a pau i ka poʻe i ʻike i ke ʻano hohonu o ke ola, ʻoiai i nā kūlana ʻino loa. ʻO kaʻu hoaaloha he mea manawaleʻa ma ka hale hospice a ua kākoʻo ʻo ia i ka poʻe ma ka hopena o ko lākou ola no nā makahiki he nui. "ʻO kēia ke kū'ē i ka hānauʻana. ʻOliʻoli wau i loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kōkua ai iā lākou e komo i kēlā puka," wahi āna.
Holoi nā mea manawaleʻa ʻē aʻe i ka mea paʻa mai nā manu ma hope o ke kahe ʻana o ka ʻaila. Nui ka poʻe e hoʻolilo i kekahi hapa o ko lākou ola ma nā wahi kaua weliweli, e ho'āʻo ana e hoʻopakele i nā makaʻāinana mai ka maʻi a me ka make, a i ʻole ke aʻo ʻana i nā keiki makua ʻole e heluhelu.
He paʻakikī maoli nō lākou, akā i ka manawa like, ʻike lākou i ke ʻano hohonu o kā lākou hana.
Ma kā lākou hiʻohiʻona, hōʻike lākou i ko mākou pono hohonu e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia ke ʻano o kā mākou mau hana i nā palena o ko mākou ola ponoʻī e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana ikaika a hāʻawi pū i ko mākou hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi.
ʻO ia mau manaʻo like ʻole a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole e hoʻoikaika iā mākou e hana i nā hana paʻakikī a maikaʻi ʻole. ʻAʻole wale ia e pili ana i ke kōkua ʻana i ka poʻe pilikia. Aia kēia manaʻo hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o ko mākou ola: ma ka pilina me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ka hana, nā leʻaleʻa a me nā makemake.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hana maʻamau i nā manawa lōʻihi, i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ko mākou ola. Ma kahi hohonu, he mea nui iā mākou ke ʻano o ko mākou ola a me nā hana. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia i ka wā e ʻike ai mākou i ko mākou make ponoʻī, a inā ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ʻano e pono ai mākou e hele i nā pōʻai āpau o Gehena, e hele mākou ma o lākou a ma ke kaʻina e ʻike mākou i ka hauʻoli maoli i ke ola.
E pili ana i ka mea kākau: ʻO Dan Ariely he kumu aʻoaʻo no ka psychology ma Duke University a ʻo ka mea kākau maikaʻi loa o Predictable Irrationality, Behavioral Economics, a me The Whole Truth About Lies.