Morning Choice

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Before the lists,

before the race,  

Let quiet moments

Set the pace.  

Not rushing in,

But stepping slow,  

Prepare to greet

Dawn's soft, gold glow.

Breathe your thanks

For waking here,  

For light that's drawing  

Oh so near.  

This choice to pause

And simply be 

Will shape your hours

Like a bonsai tree 

When morning unfolds 

With gentle grace,  

Calmness clears

A sacred space.  

One quiet thought

Can change the scene 

Today I can birth 

A better dream.

    Cloudia Charters 

A fit body, a calm mind, 

and a house full of love. 

These things cannot be 

bought—they must 

be earned.

Naval Ravikant

If in our daily life
we can smile, if
we can be peaceful
and happy, not only
we, but everyone
will profit from it.
This is the most basic
kind of peace work.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Appreciate every moment
because this moment
is your precious life.
An appreciation of what
you have brings the
ultimate abundance
in your life.
Debasish Mridha

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Enlightenment is intimacy

with all things.

Dogen

To The Day

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

All the windows

of my heart -

I open to the day.     

   John Greenleaf Whittier

 Instead of letting the

hard times

get me down, I've learned

to keep going, to look for the hidden good. Paul J. Meyer 

Be like a palm tree by

the ocean that endures

the greatest winds

because it knows how

to gracefully bend.

Stephen Kendrick

When life is sweet,

say thank you and celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you

and grow. Shauna Niequist

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October is PRIDE 

In Hawaii

Don't worry About Lesser Things. Just Keep Rising.

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

There is only one way 

to happiness 

and that is to 

cease worrying 

about things which are 

beyond 

our control.

            Epictetus

Every year of my life 

I grow more convinced

that it is wisest and best

to fix our attention 

on the beautiful and

good, and dwell as

little as possible on 

               the dark and the base.          

        Richard Cecil  

Secret To Longevity: Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile. Kamada Nakazato, Okinawan centenarian

We shall find that the

spheres God brings us into

are not meant to teach us

something but to

make us something. Oswald Chambers

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Female or immature

Orchard Oriole

Confer That Pleasure

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

When given the choice
between being right
and being kind,
choose kind.
Dr. Wayne Dyer

Remember
there's no such thing
as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a ripple
with no logical end.
Scott Adams

You find yourself refreshed by
the presence of cheerful people.
Why not make an honest effort
to confer that pleasure
on others?
Lydia M. Child

Come, sit with me now.

We'll gaze at the falling sun

as it grazes this horizon for,

I want to talk about simple

nothings and silent stirrings,

and wild things with someone

who means everything.
Victoria Erickson

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From The Archives

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T Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday 

There is no worse poverty

than one that deprives

one of dignity... the effect

of a disposable culture

that considers the

human being as

a consumer good.

Pope Francis

Roads And Destinations

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Difficult roads often 

lead to beautiful 

destinations.

     Zig Zigler

Feel the feeling but don't become the emotion. Crystal Andrus

The phoenix must 

burn to emerge. 

  Janet Fitch

The learner always

begins by finding fault,

but the wise see the

positive merit in everything.

Hegel

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Monday Murals

Now Perspective

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Hit the reset button.

Whatever happened yesterday,

forget about it.

Get a new perspective.

Today is a new day.

Fresh start begins now.

 Germany Kent

The stars are gentle 

spheres of wonder, 

rolling through silence — 

each a thought 

the universe keeps.

Pixie

 Whatever precautions you take 

so the photograph will look

 like this or that, 

there comes a moment 

when the photograph 

surprises you.

It is the other's gaze 

that wins out 

and decides.

Jacques Derrida 

The heart, like the mind,

has a memory.
And in it are kept the

most precious keepsakes.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Saturday Critters

The Crown-flower queen,
In robes of lilac blue
With her stems of attendants,
And Bees, around her head.

The little bees are glad,
For they know that she is good, And the Crown-flower is happy,
In their neighborhood.

Together they endure
In harmony and peace.
The crown herself is crowned
By her golden bees.

Cloudia Charters