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Character is crucial!

by HARVEY MACKAY
| August 30, 2026 1:00 AM

There is an ancient Hawaiian belief that each child born has a bowl of perfect light. If the child tends to his/her light, it will grow in strength. If, however, they become envious, jealous, angry or fearful, they drop a stone into their bowl of light and some of the light goes out. Light and the stone cannot hold the same space.

If the child continues to put stones in the bowl, the light will go out, and the child will become a stone. If at any time the child tires of being a stone, all he or she needs to do is turn the bowl upside down and the stones will fall away, and the light will grow once more.

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