I kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou iā Will Smith ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani Hollywood kaulana loa, akā i kekahi manawa he keikikāne maʻalahi ʻo ia mai kahi ʻohana ʻilihune ma Philadelphia. Ua wehewehe ʻo Smith i ka moʻolelo o kona lanakila ʻana ma kāna puke autobiographical Will. He aha kā mākou e aʻo ai mai kahi kanaka maʻalahi i lilo i mea hoʻokani uku kiʻekiʻe loa ma Hollywood. Eia kekahi mau huaʻōlelo mai ia mea.
ʻO ka "Will Smith" āu e noʻonoʻo ai - ka mea hoʻomakeʻa aliʻi, ka mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana - ʻo ia, no ka hapa nui, he mea kūkulu - he ʻano i hana ʻia a hoʻonani ʻia e aʻu, e noho nei i hiki iaʻu ke pale aku iaʻu iho. Huna mai ke ao nei.
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ʻO ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo āu e noho ai, ʻoi aku ka ʻeha o ka hui ʻana me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Inā ʻoe e hoʻāʻo ikaika e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe iho e hauʻoli mau ana kāu male ʻana a maʻalahi hoʻi, a laila e hoʻohoka ʻia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo me ka ikaika like. Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e hiki i ke kālā ke kūʻai i ka hauʻoli, a laila e hāʻawi ka Universe iā ʻoe i kahi paʻi i ka maka a lawe iā ʻoe mai ka lani i ka honua.
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I loko o nā makahiki, ua aʻo au ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke wānana pololei i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei kēlā me kēia mea hiki iā lākou. ʻO nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma waho, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ka ʻike palena ʻole o ke kākāʻōlelo i nā hiki ʻole i loaʻa iā ʻoe. Hāʻawi ka poʻe i ka ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ko lākou mau makaʻu, nā ʻike, nā manaʻo. ʻO ka hope, hāʻawi lākou i kēia ʻōlelo aʻo iā lākou iho, ʻaʻole iā ʻoe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo i kāu mau mea āpau, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ʻoe iā ʻoe iho ma mua o kekahi.
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He mau manaʻo kūʻē ka poʻe i ka poʻe lanakila. Inā lōʻihi ʻoe e ʻauʻau ai i ka ʻōpala a lilo ʻoe i malihini, no kekahi kumu ua kākoʻo ʻia ʻoe. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ke Akua e noho lōʻihi ma luna - e ʻoki lākou ma ke ʻano ʻaʻole lawa.
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He mea weliweli pinepine ka loli, akā hiki ʻole ke pale aku. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka impermanence wale nō ka mea āu e hilinaʻi pono ai.
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Ua hoʻomaka wau e ʻike i nā manaʻo ma nā wahi āpau. No ka laʻana, i loko o kahi hālāwai ʻoihana e ʻōlelo kekahi, "ʻAʻohe mea pilikino…ʻoihana wale nō." A ʻike koke wau - ʻo ka pō, ʻaʻohe "ʻoihana wale nō", ʻoiaʻiʻo, pilikino nā mea a pau! ʻO ka politika, ka hoʻomana, ka haʻuki, ka moʻomeheu, ke kūʻai aku ʻana, ka meaʻai, ke kūʻai ʻana, ka wahine pili i nā manaʻo.
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ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana he mea nui e like me ka paʻa ʻana. ʻAʻole i manaʻo hou ka huaʻōlelo "hoʻohua" iaʻu. Ua lilo ia i mea hana nui no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā moeʻuhane. No koʻu ulu ʻana a me koʻu ulu ʻana, ua like ka lanakila me ka lanakila.