Hoy Somos Todos Los Mineros Chilenos!

HOLA!          A L O H A !

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Spiral Reflection

Aloha is not an idea, ideal, or theory of behavior.

It is a way of being.

It is behavioral

or it is nothing.

Being sincere in your patriotism

doesn't make you right about everything

or excuse intolerance.

"The more helpless a creature,

the more entitled it is

to protection by man

from the cruelty of man."

Gandhi

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Why does a person,

a worker,

have to be trapped underground

for us to care deeply

about them?

Why does a person

have to travel

down into a tomb

to rescue others

for us to really see

and appreciate

the heroism

or everyday 

workers,

people

?

Chile has shown all of us,

has reminded the world,

that in times of challenge

it is proper to pull together.

We Americans

are always proving our truths

by finding fault in others,

by finding someone to blame,

by being 'right'

rather than 

compassionate.

Today,

we are all Chilean.

And in this way

let us so remain!

Warmly, cloudia