Ho‘ohana Aloha

One of my goals in writing Managing with Aloha, was to help people think of value choices and value definitions in a fresher way, beyond being satisfied by statements like, “My values are about family, community and my faith” or, “I believe in truth and in justice, and in civic responsibility.” What about family, community and faith? Why truth, justice, and civic responsibility — what’s the big deal?

Don’t get me wrong; those are all good things and they can be noble pursuits. They’re just so politically correct; safe and sanitized. Sadly, they’re most often said as commonplace statements that are simultaneously unrealized, in that they are under-lived. They are generally lofty, yet barren of individual specifics. They aren’t emotional enough. They aren’t personal. They aren’t real…

My grown-up Christmas wish list for Christmas Day has just two items on it:
They are all we need.

Both are for us, for these are gifts we can easily share. In fact, they are better that way…