E 'ai kekahi, e ka;i kekahi
Eat some, salt some
Said to young people: Eat some now and save some for another time.
'Olelo No'eau #252
In times of plenty, put aside something for times of need. While you are young, enjoy it and don't try to make yourself be/look older. Save your memories of youthful antics and your plans for pure exuberance for when you are really old. Then you can relive the zaniness in your mind. If you don't go out and do things, your old age memories will be in black and white instead of technicolor.
When you are eating something delicious, nibble the last three bites. If you overeat, the delicious thing becomes a bloated sensation in your belly and all thoughts of exquisite delight are lost in discomfort. Each person is given only so many bowls of rice for a lifetime. Savor the flavor.
Cherish your relationship with your kane or wahine. Enjoy the actual physical relationship in youth. Build a unity of mind and heart. These are things that will keep the love going when physicality is a memory of the past.
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