It's
Aloha Thursday
in
W A I K I K I
Friend!
Please click on photos; They long to please you!
Aloha Thursday
in
W A I K I K I
Friend!
Please click on photos; They long to please you!
Hello, Heron“Dreams are real as long as they last.
Can we say more of life?”
Havelock Ellis
This is a stinging centipede that someone has "neutralized."The head is to the right, and has serious fangs.
Their sting is painful and can even be lethal!
"When the power of love
overcomes the love of power
the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
overcomes the love of power
the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
Pink/Red!"All this is comfort!
Wherefore weep I then?"
Shakespeare
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Have you been watching the Olympics?
The Canadian hosts have been doing an outstanding job,
despite the weather.
Watching Bilodeau, Heil, Robertson,
Ricker, and Groves
win medals
has been inspiring!
And wasn't the honored participation
of the First Nations
as Hosts, and as Dignitaries
colossally righteous?
I find expression of our national identities
and cultures
to be a wonderfully enriching aspect of our shared humanity.
I know something of the nations represented
and celebrate their struggles, glories, and uniqueness
with affection.
Loving our own land
needn't indicate a lack of respect
for the rights and riches
of others.
When our US national anthem plays
I always feel deep emotion.
I think of my grandparents
who came to the New World
as young children
escaping persecution
and limitation.
I thinks of my parents,
the first generation born in America,
of my Dad,
the WWII veteran.
I think of this grand experiment
that a nation
of the people
and for the people
can endure
as a beacon to the world.
Our national shortcomings,
and mistakes
(and every country has made them)
are but the price of our struggling humanity.
God grant that we make amends for them
and grow forward together.
I have noticed something
about our National Anthem
this time around,
though.
When I hear it
part of me
just wants to cry.
We are so disunited,
here in these United States.
We can't seem to work together
anymore.
Instead of shared purpose
we shred into virulent
factions.
We are unable
to take even common sense
steps.
And we are in such a perilous time!
Half our country
would rather see our President fail,
with all this entails for our nation,
in order to be proved somehow
"right."
So when I hear the
Star Spangled Banner
these days part of me cries.
Not because I hate our nation,
but for the exactly opposite reason.
I pray that we remember
all that we have in common,
and cease to reach for reasons
to demonize each other.
Long may we wave!
ALOHA, cloudia
BONUS GIFT:
22 comments:
So beautifully expressed as always. Aloha, eh? ;)
Always before, I've had the luxury of switching between NBC and CBC and seeing all the Canadians, but this year the Canadian broadcast is on some network I don't get. Phooey! But you get it in Hawaii! What's up with that?!?
I cried when our own Lindsey Vonn won. What a moment!
It isn't about the nation anymore Sister, it is only about numbers and winning and losing. Them who strive for failure will re the failure when they hold the reigns. It has ever been thus and they and we just wish to remain blind to that simplest of truth...as you sow so shall you reap.
Lovely song! Aloha!
Amen.
Amazing post and pics, darling!
xoxox,
CC
ya, political sensitivity..
I feel for you. It's true of this saying - United We Stand, Divided We Fall.
Always a wonderful blog.
Aloha!
I hope and pray that in this year's elections, the Democrats will win the majority of votes again.
I hope I never come into contact with one of those centipedes!
You are so right, Cloudia: "And wasn't the honored participation
of the First Nations
as Hosts, and as Dignitaries
colossally righteous?"
We have made huge mistakes in the past, but progress is being made in Canada.
Lovely post and thoughts, cher! Nice pics and song, too. Aloha!
Powerful post! (made me almost late for class...)
Well written, Cloudia.
So the U.S. looks and sounds fragmented from the inside too? I thought it was just us on the outside that saw this happening. There's a mean-spiritedness, I fear. I hope the U.S. heals soon.
Wise words so eloquently expressed dear friend. So long as there are people like you in the world, there is hope :)
Nope, just get the normal US NBC here.
Thank YOU, each ONE for these amazing comments today!
Cloudia, I love your national anthem. It's beautiful. I love to hear it sung properly. Our national anthem is beautiful too, and it was butchered at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics opening. Argghhhh.
"The Canadian hosts have been doing an outstanding job,
despite the weather." *sigh* It's supposed to be winter, but we have magnolias blooming here in Vancouver. It's embarrassing...!
Am honestly impressed, very much.
Oh, man, that is gorgeous. Thanks, friend.
what a picture, good to read your blog.
Regards
Dinesh Chandra
I love the first pic, beautiful.
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