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“For the ‘family’
who don’t know the details of the entire process, who don’t know
everything I’ve experienced, but still give me their full support, I am
truly grateful with all my heart. Besides they absolutely trust me in
whatever I do. Towards a group of people like that, to simply use the
term ‘fans’ cannot fully express all that my heart feels towards them…”
~ Bae Yong Joon (translated)
Benton
Sen puts it well, too:
"Ancient Hawaiian children grew up in a world where people not
related by blood were considered part of the 'Ohana, or extended
family. To Hawaiians, it didn't matter if you weren't a blood
relative, only that you were loved. 'Ohana, often defined as Aloha,
is extended to all people, without restraint or motive...I think of
'Ohana as an embrace that wraps itself around the spirit of Aloha.
It is a sense of place, a sense of belonging and a private homecoming
that returns us to ourselves. Extending outward, it begins with a
single action, a gesture of love."
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