text: A good piece, sadly it doesn't go far enough in my opinion. After living in Hawaii for 19 years (four of it in the '70's) plus the last 13 years, I've seen 'Aloha' go from something that felt real to what it is today, just a sad excuse of the original meaning. Today 'aloha' as well as 'living in Paradise' are just over used words used to lure tourists or 'buyers' to our islands. Every day it gets worse, 'paradise' is just a word and Aloha has lost it's meaning...