Ability To Deal

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

Breathe deep

Let silence bloom,  

A smile within

Evaporates gloom.

So smile inwardly

Let it grow,  

A river of light

In joy’s sweet flow.

    Pixie

Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia reginae,

 Honoring Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte was an amateur botanist who took a great interest in Kew Gardens. In an age of discovery, when such travelers and explorers as Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks were constantly bringing home new species and varieties of plants, she ensured that the collections were greatly enriched and expanded.[41] Her interest in botany led to the South African flower, the bird of paradise, 

being named Strelitzia reginae in her honour.

Charlotte has also been credited with introducing 

the Christmas tree to Britain and its colonies.

Wikipedia    Link

Happiness is not the absence of problems,

it’s the ability to

deal with them. Steve Maraboli

Hold your loved ones close,

In the warmth of laughter, And the stillness of the night, Weave your hearts together. Breathe in the moments, Mundane becomes profound, Especially in the simple, Extraordinary is found. Sharing a cup A walk beneath the trees, These are our treasures, Life is made of these Embrace the sorrow and joy Every tear and cheer, Remind us of our journey, It's the love that we hold dear. The beauty of existence, In every little thing, Together, we are building All that life can bring. Cloudia Charters

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus

Private Island

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From
Honolulu

To take a good rest in life [from] time to time, you must know the ways to make yourself a remote island! An island no one can reach…” Mehmet Murat ildan

 The storm in the mind 

 looks larger from inside. 

When you step outside 

Take a breath,

The storm is only rain, 

only wind, 

only passing.

      Cloudia Charters

To be wise is to be 

eternally curious.

Frederick Buechner

The most wasted of all days 

is one without laughter.

E. E. Cummings

Yawning feels good,
it aerates the mind.
Alain Bremond-Torrent 

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Gold Hearts Good Hearts

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

This is precisely the time

when artists go to work.

There is no time for despair,

no place for self-pity,

no need for silence,

no room for fear.

We speak, we write,

we do language.

That is how

civilizations heal.

  Toni Morrison

I'd rather have 

a heart of gold

Than all the treasure 

of the world.

 Ana Claudia Antunes 

As long as the hearts of
decent people are still beating,
hope lives. Put your hand
on your chest right now
and be reminded:
hatred hasn’t won.
John Pavlovitz

From sorrow's soil

Joy can grow

Secret garden

No one knows.

Let's plant our dreams

In this troubled ground,

Raising laughter's

Healing sound.

      Cloudia Charters

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Sumo Wrestlers Surfing With Origami Cranes

(Click on photo to enlarge)

I believe we will survive these difficult days, the same way we survived the 50s and McCarthyism. At some point in the not-too-distant future, we will clean up the mess made by our current overlords and go forward with a deeper appreciation of both our assets and our defects. In hindsight, we will see that we were subjected to a decade of insanity for a reason. And that reason is so we could evolve. So that we could become better. 

Chuck Lorre

Mountain Path

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

If it seems a childish 

thing to do, do it 

in remembrance that 

you are a child.

Frederick Buechner

Our way is not soft grass; 

it’s a mountain path 

with lots of rocks. But 

it goes upwards, forward, 

toward the sun.

Ruth Westheimer

Let the darkest times

reveal the brightest you!

 Somya Kedia

Breathe, and let the Quiet mend you.

The stars hum prayers you forgot you knew.

Roots drink light Beneath the soil, Surviving richly

free of toil.

Breathe and let The silence mend you. Relax and let the

spirit befriend you. Cloudia Charters

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Cloudia & Pixie

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After the rain,

the sun will reappear.

There is life.

After the pain, 

The joy will still be here.

     Walt Disney

The Kind Of People They Are

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From
Honolulu

Walk on a rainbow trail; 

walk on a trail of song, 

and all about you 

will be beauty.

 There is a way out 

of every dark mist, 

over a rainbow trail. 

    Robert Motherwell

They lean into the day, hands sure, laughter easy, a choreography of knowing

what must be done.

Something ordinary

is whole again.

The ground beneath us

is held together

by such teamwork,

quiet, continuous,

mostly unseen.

Cloudia & Pixie

I’m learning that my life

 is mine to create on my own, 

and that it will never compare

 to someone else’s‚—

and that’s the beauty of it. 

   Andrea Davis

A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us. Brian Jacques

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Some people

strengthen the society just by being the

kind of people

they are.

John W. Gardner

Only Thing

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From
Honolulu

A happy person is not 

a person in a certain set 

of circumstances, but 

rather a person with a 

certain set of attitudes.

                 Hugh Downs

To have the stars above, 

the land to your left and 

the sea to your right and 

to realize of a sudden that 

in your heart, life has 

accomplished its final 

miracle: it has become 

a fairy tale.

          Nikos Kazantzakis, 

                                        Zorba the Greek

Love is the only thing 

that can touch our soul 

and change our heart.

            Lailah Gifty Akita

 When 'I' 

is replaced with

 'We', 

even 'Illness'

 becomes 'Wellness'. " 

                                     Malcolm X.

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