Kamelia, me tōna ataahua ahurei me tōna kakara, kua waiho hei taonga i roto i ngā ngākau o te tangata. He rite ōna rau ki te jade, he huatau, he kanapa, ā, ko ia rau he mea hanga e te taiao.
He mahi toi te kāmelia whakaata, he mahi toi rongonui o te pūtaiao me te hangarau, engari he whakaaturanga toi anō hoki. He mea hanga mai i te putiputi kāmelia tino tūturu, ā, he mahi toi tino pai, tata rite tonu ki te putiputi kāmelia tūturu. Ahakoa te āhua, te tae, te kakano rānei, he tino rite te putiputi kāmelia whakaata ki te putiputi kāmelia tūturu. He rite ki te pā o te whakama ngawari i te hau o te kōanga, e hoatu ana ki te tangata te moemoeā me te ataahua mutunga kore.
Whakanohoia ngā kāmelia horihori ki roto i tō whare, me te mea kei te karapotia te wāhi katoa e tōna ataahua me tōna kakara. He rite ki tētahi wahine huatau, e puāwai mārie ana, e tāpiri ana i te huatau me te marino ki te ora. I roto i te mahi pukumahi, e titiro ake ana, ko te kāmelia kanapa te āhua nei e kī ana ki a koe: he ataahua te ora, he mea tika kia manaakitia, kia whaia hoki e tātou.
Ehara i te mea he whakapaipai noa te kāmelia whakatauira, engari he tohu hoki mō te waiaro o te ora. E tohu ana i te hiahia me te whai i tētahi oranga pai ake, ā, e tohu ana hoki i te whakaute me te uara o te taiao me te ora. E whakaatu ana i a tātou ahakoa kāore e taea e tātou te haere ki ngā maunga i ngā wā katoa, ka taea e tātou te pārekareka ki ngā taonga o te taiao i te kāinga.
Kei roto anō hoki i te ataahua o ngā putiputi camellia whakaari te kare ā-roto me te pāmahana e kawea mai ana e ia. Mā tēnei ka rongo tātou i te mahana me te mahana o te kāinga, ka rongo tātou i te ataahua me te harikoa o te ao. Mā tēnei ka mārama tātou ehara i te mea ko te mahi me te pukumahi anake te ao, engari ko te koa me te maioha hoki.
Ahakoa rā, i whakapaipaihia ō tātou oranga e te camellia whakatauira ki tōna ataahua, ā, i whakakanapa ake i ō tātou oranga. Kia rongo tātou i tēnei ataahua ngātahi, kia whakakanapa ake te ora nā tēnei!
Wā tuku: Hakihea-22-2023