Thursday, February 28, 2013

Allow

 A  L  O  H  A !
 Walk on the Earth







Like You Own It












Appreciate It










Care For It;

Be WOWED
by Life











Like You Belong Here



You  DO
















 Sometimes the Road Seems

 Long & Tiring













 Allow Yourself to Become
 Easier














 So the Breezes of Knowing 











Can Steer YOU to Good Places.







" It is easier to discover
 a deficiency
 in individuals, in states, 
and in Providence, 
than to see their
 real import 
and value. "

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Way YOU Are

A L O H A !
" You are 
the way you are 
because that is what
 you believe about 
yourself. "

Don Miguel Ruiz


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Kitty Mirror Kitty

A  L  O  H  A !

“ When it's steamboat time, 
you steam. ”


 Mark Twain













" Behavior is a mirror
in which every one
displays his own image. "

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe













" Who would be happy 
should stay at home. "

Greek Proverb





=^..^=

Kitty invites me to play
or I her
we mirror each other
as all friends do.

If I lay on the floor
she will do the same;
At arm's length
we face one another:
the wonderful 
Parenthesis Twins!

Then she'll flip over
and we're doing
"The Comma Dance"

Usually
we end with play
calm or run-rowdy
as whim, and 
diurnal drums
dictate.

For we are always
proper players
as all best 
companions are.


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" Mirroring is the behaviour in which one person 
copies another person usually while in social 
interaction with them. It may include miming gestures, 
movements, body language, muscle tensions, 
expressions, tones, eye movements, breathing,
 tempo, accent, attitude, choice of words or metaphors,
 and other aspects of communication. 
It is often observed among couples or close friends." 



Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Glass Bottom Heart

A L O H A !

 " A beauty 
is a woman you notice;
 a charmer
 is one who 
notices you. "

Adlai E. Stevenson 










" The grass is not, in fact, 
always greener
 on the other side of the fence. 
Fences have nothing to do with it. 
The grass is greenest
 where it is watered. 
When crossing over fences, 
carry water with you 
and tend the grass
 wherever you may be. "

Robert Fulghum









" Only the lonely know
 the way I feel tonight. "

Roy Orbison 



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This blog
is a glass bottomed boat
on my heart.

Thank YOU
for coming on board!

Do keep your hands
inside the blog.

Watch your step.

Please come see us again.


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Monday, February 25, 2013

Fond Frond

A L O H A !



“Everyone
 is born a genius,
 but the process 
of living 
de-geniuses them.”

 Richard Buckminster Fuller







“Any darn fool 
can make something
 complex;
 it takes a genius
 to make something 
simple.”

Pete Seeger


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This Toad Could Save Your Life

A L O H A !

" We may
 be up against a stone wall, 
but we don't have to 
bloody our heads 
against it 
unless we 
choose 
to. "

 William Glasser 








" I once had a rose
 named after me 
and I was very flattered. 
But I was not pleased 
to read the description
 in the catalogue: 
no good in a bed,
 but fine 
up against a wall. "

Eleanor Roosevelt 








" If you look closely at a tree 
you'll notice it's knots 
and dead branches, 
just like our bodies. 
What we learn
 is that beauty
 and imperfection 
go together 
wonderfully. "

Matthew Fox 











" It is double pleasure 
to deceive the deceiver. "

Niccolo Machiavelli 










" Adversity can have its benefits—
like the ugly, poisonous
 toad
 that wears a precious jewel 
in its forehead. 
In his life,
 far away from the
 civilized world, 
we can hear the language 
of the trees,
 read the books
 of the running streams, 
hear sermons in the stones, 
and discover 
the good 
in every 
single 
thing. "

William Shakespeare 
As You Like it
act 2 scene 1




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And what gem
does this toad,
this post
bring you?


Just this too-simple
yet overlooked
advice:

If YOU
USE Re-Usable Bags
for your groceries
REMEMBER
to launder &
even disinfect them!

Seriously
we are all used 
to disposable
and never think
of the bacteria
that lives on
fresh produce,
soil,
fish, meat.

Well,
You now have
the idea;
An idea
that can indeed
save a life!

There are statistics
of the number of folks
who die from
this unseen
threat,
and all for the
best of intentions!

Glad to pass that
along to YOU.


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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Knowing Glimpse


A  L  O  H  A !
"When you arise in the morning,
 think of what a precious 
privilege
 it is to be alive 
- to breathe,
 to think,
 to enjoy, 
to love. "

Marcus Aurelius 










"How old 
would you be
 if you didn't know
 how old you are?"


Satchel Paige













" Any glimpse
 into the life of an animal 
quickens our own 
and makes it so much
 the larger
 and better
 in every way. "

 John Muir




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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Memory

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Memory 













 is a way 
of holding onto 
















the things you love,

















 The things you are,
 the things you never want
 to lose.  "

from The Wonder Years
television show 

















" Things 
that were hard to bear 
are sweet 
to remember. "

Seneca



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What Are People REALLY Like?

A L O H A !
If you look at the news,
and nothing but the "news"
you probably think
humankind
has gone mad.


Here are a fewer than
 2 minutes
of security video
from around the world.


I believe it reveals
quite a lot
about US:

 





What do YOU see?
A vandalized Banana Tree?
Would it change your view
to know that bananas are not trees,
but giant grasses?
Once the bunch is mature,
the plant is finished;
New plant grows 
from the roots.
The old plant
is knocked down
to fertilize the new life.

"To understand all
is to forgive all."

Try to have
a positive view
of your self
and of others.

That is one definition
of mental health
& Happiness!

Allow yourself to think:
"Maybe things are better
than I thought."


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Friday, February 22, 2013

Keep GOING

"A  L  O  H  A !
" I have reached an age
 when, if someone tells me
 to wear socks,
 I don't have to." 

Albert Einstein
 (1879-1955)









“ Any great change
 must expect opposition 
because it shakes
 the very foundation 
of privilege.” 

 Lucretia Coffin Mott













Keep GOING,

Mr. President!


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Owning Stuff

A    L    O    H    A  !

Double Rainbow


" The safe way to double
 your money 
is to fold it over once
 and put it in your pocket. "


Kin Hubbard












" Joy all creatures drink
At nature's bosoms..."


Friedrich von Schiller,

 "Ode to Joy," 1785














" As soon as you set foot
 on a yacht
 you belong to some man,
 not to yourself, 
and you die 
of boredom. "


Coco Chanel 












Subsistence is Abundance"


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"Wai" is Hawaiian 
for water, 
it also
means "Wealth"
when doubled:
"Wai Wai"

and Fish SWIM
in it!

But do they OWN
the ocean?

What do you
REALLY need
to own
to be happy?

Good research shows,
that beyond the basics
happiness is independent
of the size of your
 bank account.

Every day
my eyes own
the treasures of
Hawaii.

You too dwell
 in beauties
as your photos
abundantly show!

And Your visits &
comments here
provide me a thrill
no money could
buy.

SO

Join me;
Liberate yourself
from Consumerism.

Appreciate the simple,
needful things you buy.
And when you DO
treat yourself
you will
 APPRECIATE
it consciously.

It's all about 
Awareness,
Appreciation

We churn through
too much Stuff,
too much Activity.

Taste and See
how GOOD it is
to be appreciative
& Satisfied!

My wish for YOU!


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