Often we stress out just worrying about doing a difficult job. The rain follows after the forest. Destroy the forest, the rains will cease to fall, and the land will become a desert. If only our scientists knew this when the ancient Hawaiians did. The Lehua blossom unfolds when the rains tread on it.
People respond better to gentle words than to scoldings.
Unite to move forward. By working together we make progress. This saying would be especially applicable to the Hawaiians on their canoes where each paddler would have to pull the paddles together on command in order to make the canoe move forward quickly forward. On interisland trips, the two most important tools besides the sail were the paddles and the bailer. In heavy seas, the water would wash over the boat and so one or more natives would be constant bailing.