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

Somewhere there's a treasure that has no value to anyone but you, and a secret that's meaningless to everyone except you, and a frontier that harbors a revelation only you would know how to exploit. Why not go in search of those things?

Assume that your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and compassionate person. Imagine that feeling good has something important to teach you every day. What might you do differently from what you do now?

May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years.

Love enmeshes you in your partner's unique set of karmic complications, so make sure you're very interested in his or her problems. Love is a laboratory where you can uncover secrets about yourself that have previously been hidden, so be ravenously curious.

The revolution begins at home. If you overthrow yourself again and again, you might earn the right to help overthrow the rest of us.

Enjoy saying "no!" but don't make it the wellspring of your vitality. Be fueled by blood-red yeses.