Ronnie Dean Art – Hawaiian Art and Design

Our time with the Iwalani Foundation and Pu’uhonua o Honouliuli  has ended.

RONNIEDEANART will no longer be collecting donations for the  Iwalani Foundation or for the “GATHERING OF THE KOI” project, which has now been completed.

THE JOURNEY AND CREATION OF GATHERING OF THE KOI WILL REMAIN ON RONNIEDEANART.COM FOR ALL TO ENJOY!!!!!!!!

All continuing support to the Iwalani Foundation or Healing Garden should be directed to the link below.

http://www.iwalanifoundation.com/

A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM RONNIE DEAN

A BIG MAHALO NUI LOA to each of you, who has supported “Ronniedeanart” from your heart and allowed me to express my creative thoughts and visions in order to bring joy into someone else life. Just a Smile from someone is all it takes to confirm that we are on the right path.

I Truly hope that “GATHERING OF THE KOI” IN SOME WAY, HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING BIG SMILES TO MANY FACES.

Knowing and understanding that we all have the same goal in life, is my reward for all I do with my Art and with my Life, and that Goal is: We All Want To Be Happy. We All Want To Be Loved, and We Do Not Want To Suffer.  Words and the understanding of those words have come into my life through friends and family, and through me sharing my Art.  Mahalo friends and family for sharing your understandings and knowledge; tools I put into practice every day in my own life and in my Art.

Two of the most valuable understandings shared with me, and that have affected my life and my Art more than any others are;

To Say What I Mean, and Mean What I Say.

In that, is a truth that can never be questioned!!!!!!

To live my life without explaining or defining the words I use to express a message to someone, is the ultimate freedom from the fear of being misunderstood.

I am grateful for this understanding because it also sets me free from my own pain and suffering; from ever wondering whether I have hurt someone with words that have been carelessly used.

SPEAKING FROM THE HEART AND ONLY THE HEART IS ANOTHER PLACE THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE MISUNDERSTOOD.

The Second Understanding is:

We All Want To Be Happy.  We All Want To Be Loved, and We Do Not Want To Suffer.

The above understanding came to me from a dear friend; a practice I use when someone is angry or upset at my behavior. When all I see is ANGER from them, I stop myself from reacting to their anger for just moment, so I can ask myself if the other person is suffering?, or unhappy?, or just feeling unloved?

Most of the time I find that, what they’re angry about, is not expressed in the words they are using.

BY NO MEANS HAVE I MASTERED THE ABOVE UNDERSTANDINGS, BUT I DO KNOW THE  BENEFITS OF APPLYING THEM TO MY DAILY LIFE AND THE VALUE THEY HOLD.

Here are a few more that I love:

ALWAY COME FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS!!!!

LET THE SUN HIT YOUR FACE AND GIVE IT A BIG SMILE!!!!

MAY LOVE AND LIGHT SURROUND YOU IN ALL YOU DO!!!!

LET SOMEONE KNOW, JUST HOW MUCH THEY ARE TRULY LOVED!!!!

JUST FOR TODAY!!!!

MAHALO NUI LOA FOR LETTING ME SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU!!!!

RONNIEDEANART WILL CONTINUE SUPPORTING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THOUGHOUT THE WORLD IN HOPE THAT THE LITTLE THINGS WE DO, WILL SOMEHOW  CHANGE SOMEONES LIFE OR AT LEAST FOR A MOMENT GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE  HAPPINESS, LOVE, OR BE WITHOUT SUFFERING JUST FOR A MOMENT, JUST FOR TODAY!

To continue supporting “RONNIEDEANART” PLEASE REFER TO OUR WEBSITE OR CONTACT RONNIE DEAN AT 808-266-0886