As You Are

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

You cannot live a positive life with a negative attitude. Lolly Daskal

Life is a series of 
unique opportunities
It's our job to find the 
happiness in each one.
                   Rick Remender

Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe 

@ Golden Gate Bridge *

Life is like a novel.

It's filled with suspense.

You have no idea what 

is going to happen -

until you turn the page.

             Sidney Sheldon

As You Are

by Cloudia Charters 

You don’t have to

smile for me,

or find the words to say.

I’m happy just to

sit with you

and share a part

of your day.

There’s nothing you 

must do right now,

no need to be okay.

You’re dear to me

just as you are

today and every day.

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Links
Thankful!
I Like Thursday
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SkyWatch
Floral Friday
Jaipur Garden Affair
H2O Thursday

 

* Hikianalia,  arrived in San Francisco on September 16, 2018, after sailing some 2,800 miles from Hawaiʻi and avoiding two hurricanes along the way! 

 I shot this photo!

Trust Leap

 

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

    Steve Jobs

Repair is an accomplishment,
a needed pause.
Some victories lie
below the waterline.

A dream is a wish 

your heart makes, 

when you're fast asleep.

Mack David, Al Hoffman, 

and Jerry Livingston (Cinderella)

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The Great Leap

by Cloudia Charters

I thought the leap would feel like flight, sudden freedom, a blaze of light. Instead, it was a quiet thing:

I aimed and hit the inner ring. No audience,

myself alone, I took my shot and

landed home. The far side wasn’t mine to keep but am changed because I leap.

Loved Refrain

 

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

Everything you say Does something; Everything you do Says something. Troy Dunn

In memory of

The Sovereigns and

High Chiefs of Hawaii

Mauna ʻAla, on Oʻahu

is the sacred resting place of

Hawaiʻi’s sovereigns and royal families.

We honor their memory with aloha.

Here sovereigns rest;

let footsteps fall As softly as the rain. Their aloha lives

within the land; Their names,

a loved refrain.

Cloudia Charters

An Aliʻi ʻAimoku is a

high-ranking chief.

The Royal Dynasties

of the Kingdom Of Hawaii

rest here.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

Grenville Kleiser

The art of not being ready 

and doing it anyway 

will take you far.

Dr. Caroline Leaf

author and cognitive neuroscientist 

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Links
Travel Tuesday 
Happy Tuesday 
Tuesday Treasures
My Corner Of The World
Wild Bird Wednesday
Signs2 

A female or immature common merganser (Mergus merganser). This large diving duck has a gray body, a sharply defined white chin and throat, and a cinnamon-brown head topped with a tousled crest. Its narrow red bill has toothlike serrations.

Another Go

A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

Before I rise, 

I softly say,

“Something wonderful 

will come today.”

Three times with feeling

then let it be.

Expecting good

to show for me.

A welcome call,

a reason why,

or catch a stranger’s

friendly eye.

No need for trumpets 

at my door

a little laugh worth 

so much more.

And if the day is

gnarly tough,

I won’t pretend

it wasn’t rough.

But here's one treasure

that I know:

Each tomorrow

another go!

Cloudia Charters 

Hope may seem a fragile thing. Until you really hear it sing!

Pixie

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 Links
Nature Notes
AWWW Monday
T Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday 

Surf or drink coffee?

Do BOTH!

Light At The End

 

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible. Hugh B. Brown

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop

Light At The End

by Cloudia Charters

There’s light at the end, That’s what they say. But look—there’s a glow All along the way! Even in darkness, A shimmer, though slight Dancing and humming, Such curious light! Challenges sometimes Cast shadows too tall. But what if they turned Into friends after all? Each twist and curve, A chance to explore, To learn and to grow, To become something more. Remember when facing A tunnel so long: Your friend is the light That’s been there all along. In laughter and kindness, In friendship and play, Even life’s darkness Can’t keep joy away.

Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make others happy. Charlie Chaplin

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At Waiakamilo Industrial Complex 

(on the corner of Nimitz Highway and 

Waiakamilo Road) in Honolulu's 

Kalihi neighborhood.

Linking To
Monday Murals