Friday, November 28, 2025

Breathe The Breath

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U


Try to learn to breathe deeply,
really to taste food...
...really to sleep.
Try as much as possible
to be wholly alive with
all your might, and when
you laugh, laugh like hell. . .
Ernest Hemingway



Wisdom is knowing

I am nothing,

Love is knowing

I am everything,

and between the two

my life moves.

Nisargadatta Maharaj



It's not what you look at

that matters, it's what you see.

Henry David Thoreau




"Take a picture,

it will last longer"



 It is your privilege
to breathe the breath of
life into the dry bones
of many around you.
Tom Mann



Breathe and don't 

try to be perfect.

Nicole Kidman


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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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The wise heart resembles a mirror, reflecting everything without becoming sullied. Confucious

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Morning Mirror

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Morning Mirror
The lake holds the sky
In still embrace,
A hush before
The waking day.

Light drifts softly
On water’s face,
Where clouds and dreams
Quietly lay.
Pixie






Gratitude is the quiet spark 
that turns ordinary moments 
into a flame of peace 
and contentment.
    Joseph Meyering Sr



"Me and my shadow"

Crinum asiaticum
commonly known 
as giant crinum lily, 
grand crinum lily, 
or spider lily.


"Spider Lily Choir"







Cordia subcordata
is a species of flowering tree 
in the forget-me-not family 
Boraginaceae














Hope Is Health
Apply Liberally

When shadows 
Gather at your door,
And strength begins to fade,
Courage is lost 
Somewhere offshore
Then Hope's the 
Best first-aid.

It feeds the weary
Lifts the lost,
Heals what time has worn,
And though the path
Ahead seems crossed,
Hope is fresh each dawn!
     Cloudia Charters


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Quietly Shining

  A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Hope will never
be silent.
   Harvey Milk




The wise 
do not grow old.
They Ripen.
  Victor Hugo




Today's a new day. 
It's your day. 
You shape it. 
Don't
let it be shaped by 
someone else's 
ignorance or fear.
Steve Maraboli




Nothing in this world 
compares to the 
comfort and security 
of having someone
 just hold your hand.     
Richelle E. Goodrich




Do not lean so hard
On what is missing
 That you forget
The sunlight on your hand.

The day is not just heavy thoughts
 It is also coffee and, a stray laugh overheard.
The small green courage
Of a growing leaf by the sidewalk.

Don't stare so long
At closed doors
 That you miss how the window
Is quietly shining.

A  bird heckles the morning,
 Someone holds the door,
The ocean remembers my name in foam.
Life keeps slipping you gifts—
The crust of warm bread,
 A text that simply says “I'm here.”
Most of it,
If  you look again,
 Is really good stuff:
 Ordinary miracles in plain clothes.

 They wait politely
At the edge of your attention,
 Hoping you will finally look up and say,
 “Oh—there you are!
Come in."

Cloudia Charters

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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I saw the chaplain pull in 
on this bike in full battle dress (camouflage) uniform.



Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Don't Worry

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
Etty Hillesum



Don't worry about the numbers, Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
Mother Teresa



Every leaf
speaks bliss to me,
fluttering from the
autumn tree.
Emily Brontë



To be endowed with
a generous mind,
is the best kind
of nobility.
Plato



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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Little Green Heron, California

Any glimpse into the life 
of an animal 
quickens our own 
and makes it so much
 the larger
 and better in every way. 
 John Muir

Monday, November 24, 2025

Softly Exclaim

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U


 The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced. Art Van Der Leeuw



Hope is the soft exclamation that survives after every shouted doubt has gone quiet.
Pixie



Weary limbs
a throne of tin
King uncrowned
pride within
He rules this realm
of thirst relief
Oasis of hydration
brief reprieve.

The city hums
a tireless beat
But here it's break time
Moment of peace
Wrinkled hands
burdens borne
Private smile
well spent morn.
      Cloudia Charters




Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj



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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia




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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Climbing The Tower

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
A well-ordered life 
is like climbing a tower; 
the view halfway up 
is better than the 
view from the base, 
and it steadily becomes 
finer as the 
horizon expands.
                       William Lyon Phelps






Kindness
is the fragrance that lingers long after the act is done. Pixie


            @jessmoart

I find love
much like a mirror. When I love another,
he becomes my mirror and I become his, and reflected in
each other's love we see infinity! Leo Buscaglia



Being Wise Is Not Believing Everything You Think Donna A. Favors

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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