Kaohinani is a Hawaiian word meaning “gatherer of beautiful things.

Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing is despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism is akin to committing a copycat crime.

Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We will laugh at the stupidity of evil and hate, and summon the brilliance of praise and create. . . Life is crazily in love with us-wildly and innocently in love with us. The universe always gives us exactly what we need, exactly when we need it.

Don't save your enormous creativity for "something better." Give it to this.

Only you can prevent the genocide of the imagination.

You're alive because of love. You're made of love.

Blow kisses to the oak trees and sparrows and elephants and weeds.