Look

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From

Honolulu

Always be on the lookout

for ways to nurture

your dream. Lao Tzu

If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us. Daisaku Ikeda

Happiness is having the grace to grasp the glancing moment. Joe Lay

There is one thing

more powerful than

the armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Arnold's Beach Bar
"The photographer"

(To the the tune of The Gambler)

Know when to shoot them.

Know when to scoot them.

Know when to walk away.

Know when to stay.

You never look at

your pictures

when you're standing

on the sidewalk.

There'll be time enough

for looking

when the walking's done.

Still Here

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From

Honolulu

Be like the moon
and inspire people
even when you're
far from full.
K. Tolnoe

Naps are nature's way

of reminding you that

life is nice, like a

beautiful swinging hammock...

Peggy Noonan

It is almost impossible

to watch a sunset

and not dream.

Bernard Williams

I feel the wave
But do not drown.
It rises up
Then settles down.

My breath is here
My feet, the ground
I stay with what is real,
Not go round and round.

Mind may race,
Heart may pound,
But I choose calm,
Healing sounds.

Not every thought
Must pull me in—
Let it pass
Refuse to spin.

I pause. I breathe.
I gently steer.
I am safe
And I'm still here.

Cloudia Charters

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Monday Murals

Snack time summit,

table of cheer,

Forks hold a meeting

when mealtime is near.

Veggies and desserts

all casting their vote—

'More sauce, less gossip,'

the salad bowl wrote!

* Mural - Anthurium, Scarlet ʻIʻiwi Bird (on a) Spam Musubi, Ukulele, Kamehameha Butterfly, Papaya (Interior) Yellow Hibiscus (Hawaii Official Flower) Slippers( "Flip-Flops") Shell, Pineapple, Reef Fish. . . .

Sunbeams For A Stormy Crown

 

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From
Honolulu

The dawn is not distant,

nor is the night starless;

love is eternal.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We’re so close to Earth

that sometimes we forget

how beautiful it is.

Thích Nhất Hạnh

 Hope is being able to see 

that there is light 

despite all the darkness.

   Desmond Tutu 

When a dark thought

comes to call, don’t fight it, don’t push it

down, don’t stall.

Gently send a

bright thought down— sunbeams for

a stormy crown.

Trade the heavy

for the light,

and walk in peace,

not by might.

The mind will follow

where you lead—

one change of thought

is all you need.

Pixie &

Cloudia Charters

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You

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Humility Ability

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From

Honolulu

Hope begins in the dark,
the stubborn hope that
if you just show up and
try to do the right thing,
the dawn will come.
Anne Lamott

We nurture our creativity when

we release our inner child.

Let it run and roam free.

It will take you on

a brighter journey.

  Serina Hartwell

The foolish seek happiness

in the distance; 

the wise

      grows it underfoot.     

           James Openheim

Humility is the ability
to give up your pride
and still retain
your dignity.
Vanna Bonta

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Pixie & Cloudia
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Skywatch
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Momordica charantia, 

Commonly known as 

bitter melon or bitter gourd,

Angels, Sky, Dawn

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 From

Honolulu

Rainbow over water, Water under birds, Sky leaning on the hills World whispering: "You have survived the rain; now walk the light that follows."

Rose pink and translucent,

transfixing me on my walk— a small miracle pause

in an ordinary day. As if the light leaned in

to whisper, Look closer.

Soft as a secret,

bright as a promise

almost forgotten.

Rose pink translucent, my world focused on

one tender, glowing moment. Beauty knows how

to stop time. I will carry it

the rest of the day

a quiet bloom inside.

At dawn

something winged,

Angels arrive as a

change in the light. What the sky calls

“morning” the heart calls

“begin again.”

The angels are not

above us; they are the quiet

that enters when the night departs and the soul steps into the open field of its own widening day.

Cloudia Charters

There’s no need

for a piece of sculpture

in a home that

has a cat.

Wesley Bates

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Cloudia & Pixie

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