When you want a smile, give yours away
When you want affection, you give affection
When you help people, they help you
When you want love, give your love
Kua rongo ake au…
Tuku whakamoemiti, āta haere ki te ākau
Mā te wā koe e tiaki e manaaki e kākahu
Ki ngā hua o ōu werawera
I have learned that…
All spiritual teaching encourages ’giving thanks’
We receive in life what we dwell upon
A sense of gratitude, and an inner knowing
Life will bless you and is more enriching
Than logic and mathematics
From Words of a Kaumātua by Haare Williams, edited by Witi Ihimaera
Dr Haare Williams MNZM has been Dean of Māori Education and Māori Advisor to the Chief Executive at Unitec. He was General Manager of Aotearoa Radio. He set up a joint venture with the South Seas Film and Television School to train Te Reo speakers as producers and operators in film and television. He has worked closely with iwi claimant communities and was responsible for waka construction and assembly at Waitangi for the 1990 commemorations. He has published poetry, exhibited painting and written for film and television. He was a cultural advisor for the Mayor of Auckland and is Amorangi at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Mighty fine words and advice, thank you!
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Thank you Zteven I am so glad you enjoyed this, a lot of great wisdom in this book
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