As Daines discusses the āina, he talks about how the Hawaiians cultivate a sense of belonging to the āina and the “pili” (pronounced: pee-lee) or connection that Hawaiians feel toward the land. He talks about how your sense of belonging  isn’t necessarily about your roots of where you are from, but creating the pili where you are today. It got me thinking about the pili I have to the Hawaiian islands and that almost magnetic pull I have to Hawaii. The pili I feel with the islands makes me miss it so very much when I am not there.