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Kona Brewing Located in Hawaii Kai, this lovely brewery and restaurant has a great selection on tap, as well as an assortment of delectable fish, pizza, taco, and burger dishes. Best enjoyed with friends! Assaggio There is a lot to love about this restaurant, such as the exceptional service and mouth-watering pasta, but the views, for me, take the cake. We have a favorite table next to a window overlooking the boats docked in the Hawaii Kai. All of those aspects come together to make it a treat every time we get to eat at Assaggio.
served as a place for soldiers to get some much- needed R&R during World War II, and then became a remote tea house before being transformed into the restaurant we know and love today. While you’re enjoying the view, you also have to try their freshly baked scones. Moku Kitchen Also located in Kaka’ako, Moku Kitchen is one of our regular dining destinations. We enjoy sitting out on the back patio and listening to live music during our evening meal. Its menu is chock-full of interesting choices, but David is partial to the heavenly Coconut Corn Chowder, and both of us love the Szechuan Stir- Fry Green Beans with Macadamia Nuts.
–David and Irma Bennett FROM PAIN TO PEACE Overcoming Past Feelings
We do not grow as people by ignoring our feelings. We grow by coming to terms with those feelings. While we spend a great deal of effort trying to avoid past pains, we need to understand that they are present with us. To mitigate the hold they have on us, we have to be proactive. Overcoming the pains of our past, whatever they may be, takes time and is seldom easy. But these are some steps we can take as we endeavor to let go and move on from them. Hesitance and Fear If you have been hurt or betrayed, it is natural to never want to feel that way again. You may make an effort not to put yourself in a position where you can be exposed to similar pain again, but that is counterproductive. Coming to terms with what has happened to us, rather than shying away from life, is a better solution. Also, rethinking the
situation and trying to see different perspectives can help to better understand the motives of others involved, and to forgive them for their role in the pain you are feeling. Building Ourselves Up We need to recognize the source of our feelings, whether they recur frequently and what point in our past they come from. Once we have found it, we can more easily heal the pain. Reaching out to trusted friends or professional therapists can help us address the source of our hurt feelings and make tangible efforts in order to counter them. We can build up our mental resilience over time, so long as we are proactive about counteracting our past pains and finding a way to address them effectively. It is a matter of attaining a mental attitude and fortitude that can get us through our lives without dwelling too much on the past; it can prepare us for a brighter and more positive future.
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