Monday, May 16, 2011

New Day Sights

A L O H A!



"Don't worry about what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive,
 and go do it.
Because what the world needs 
are people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman








". . . the more tolerant light 
of early morning and dusk,
the hours of promise
and regret."

Richard Brody








"Kindness is the language
which the deaf can hear
and the blind can see."

 Mark Twain


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There is a difference
between:

Rushing through,

passing through,

and pausing.



'Rushing through'
shows some sights,


'passing through'
reveals even more


but 


'pausing'
makes us part of the scene,

rewarding
& revealing
what 
we never noticed
before.


Even here
on this small island
every day
beings new sights.
Thank YOU for stopping by.
Comment?

29 comments:

magiceye said...

brilliant post!

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!!

Reanaclaire said...

hey..coming by to visit.. today is a public holiday here!

Windsmoke. said...

Fantastic photos. The Mark Twain quote is my favourite this time round as well as the cute doggies :-).

Anonymous said...

Ah- such lovely words of wisdom. We all need to pause - every day.

Kavita Saharia said...

Rushing ,passing and pausing : loved the thought behind it.Aloha.

the walking man said...

What if I pause while I am passing through while I am on my way to rushing to somewhere else?

Samantha said...

Loved the heron and dog shots..

Bitch said...

Love the Mark Twain quote!!
Hugs from Greece.....

Lynn said...

Just lovely!

Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. said...

Love your thought that 'pausing makes us part of the scene'. I will use it to remind myself to do just that today.

Great shadow shot of palm tree!

nanny said...

Pausing......yes!
Love this post.
Have a wonderful day in paradise....wish I was there!

Ash said...

Lovely quotes and photos, Cloudia!

Jeannie said...

:)

Hilary said...

Wonderful photos and quotes as always. I especially love the Night heron at the end.

Maude Lynn said...

Great point, Cloudia. I spend way too much of my time rushing through.

David Cranmer said...

Twain was brilliant.

nonizamboni said...

You've been missed. . .loved reading the 'sunshine.'
Happy Tuesday, Cloudia.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for giving us a slice of the sublime.

I am stopping by to say hello and to thank you for following.

Anonymous said...

I wanna pause with the puppies.
DrumMajor

ayala said...

Good point-lovely!
:)

Betty Manousos said...

cloudia, i love those words of wisdom;

lovely photos, but my fave is the
first one.

big hugs my wonderful friend!

betty xx

Feisty Crone said...

amazing quotes and post!

Anonymous said...

Took me a couple of years to stop eating and drinking while walking towards lessons.

Thank you for reminding. Please have a good Wednesday.

Commander Zaius said...

Great post, sorry I'm late.

21 Wits said...

Sometimes what really makes me come alive is watching other people's charm! I saw a great vision today, I'm thinking of posting about...how do you ever get such lovely photos?! the dogs are so very precious and Twains quote as all you post are always so fitting! Thanks so much!

Pietro Brosio said...

Very nice post!
Mark Twain's words are so right.

Full-On-Forward said...

We all need to stop and smell with our noses! What?

Oh, and I love the Bird. Your pics and quotes help save the world--one smile at a time- wow--GOTTA RUN!

HFTEC,

J

Full-On-Forward said...

Hi!

Cloudia said...

thanks! you give me the wonderful gift of yourself!