Spring's Open Secret

It's JOY!

A   L   O   H   A  

Sincere Blessings to YOU. . . 

. . . To ALL!

 “ Life is short,

 live it.

 Love is rare,

 grab it. 

Anger

is bad, 
dump it. 

Fear is awful, 

face it. 

Memories are sweet, 

cherish it.” 

 Unknown

Thank YOU

for sharing 

with us here

today!

YOUR comments

shine. Do leave one

              Fondly, cloudia

3 Holy Men Walk into a Bar

A  L  O  H  A !

" Do good deeds 

with the same zeal

 that the evil person

 does bad ones."

The Belzer Rabbi

"Don't confuse 

small with

  insignificant."

Joel Osteen

" In the sky,

there is no distinction

 of east and west; 

people create 

distinctions 

out of their own

 minds

 and then

 believe them

 to be true. " 

Buddha 

<(-'.'-)>

What distinctions,

what boundaries

and limits

can you burst through

just by changing

your mind?

.

Wishing YOU

a

Delightful Weekend!

                         Fondly,  cloudia

Teacher Geese

A  L  O  H  A !

Growing up,

 I lived beneath

 the Great Eastern Flyway 

of the Canada Geese.  

Feeling trapped in my childhood, 

longing to escape 

to far away places. 

 I painted that big world  

out there

 in all the bright yearnings 

of my heart's dreams. . . . 

Alone, outside, 

at a moment of peace,

 imagined, hinted, then 

YES, heard! 

 The celestial voices

 of the fleet above. 

Together, 

traversing continents,

 hinting at eternal cycles 

and circles

 that might redeem me

 if I could just know them, 

find my flock, 

embark on my own 

journey.  

A few years later,

 away at college 

in Northern New Hampshire

 I climbed my first 'mountain'

 Bald Peak.

At the top,

 crouching at the sheer 

I  M  M  E  N  S  I  T  Y

 of space and height, 

I imagined that I heard

 a familiar voice. 

Then it was faint

 but distinct! 

 A V of Canada Geese

 was approaching! 

My first mountain - 

with old friends. 

At last I was 

in their realm 

thousands of feet 

high.  

They flew as accustomed

 at such remote

height,  

 but here the peaks 

rise up to meet 

the sky.  

My luck, or blessing 

was strong that day; 

The V of singing birds 

grew closer.  

At once I understood 

that they were heading

 right in my direction!

 Indeed, I waited

 breathless in the sky

 as they drew nearer. 

Individual voices 

could be divined

 for the first time

 by me.  

"This is a special moment. 

This is a wonderful gift.

 This is the mystery 

of Life's wonder

 and reward." 

 The fleet drew close.

 Now I saw 

not a single 

V, 

but a tribe

 of tired, skillful 

Voyagers.

 Each voice 

in it's turn proclaiming 

"I'm still here - keep going!"

The tiny perfect formation 

I had watched out of sight 

my entire life,

 was now seen

 in it's gypsy truth

 up close.

 In my mind's eye

 today,

I still can see their

 eyes,

 determination,

 skillful shifting on the winds, 

an ancient admirable

 wonderful keeping-on

 over eons. . . . . 

A sight seen only

 through fortuitous 

circumstance.  

On the wing, on the wind,

 on the trial 

to what I would

 become;  

That day's portion 

took me up a mountain

 to see a divine thing, 

a talisman of my life 

that I shall quite probably

 see

 one last time

 at death's door. 

 It was a smallish mountain

 among giants; 

But it was big enough

 for me that day- 

Thank For Climbing

together with us

today!

Plant your comment,

"I was here"

Hooray!

                       Fondly, cloudia

Save, Transfer, Print Your Bookmarks

Oh, And a Picture of Me

A  L  O  H  A ! 

“If

 the doors of perception 

were cleansed, 

everything

 would appear

 as it is,

 infinite.”

 William Blake 

"If you are possessed by an idea,

 you find it expressed everywhere, 

you even smell it."

Thomas Mann 

 “ How far you go

 in life depends

 on your being

 tender with the young, 

compassionate with the aged, 

sympathetic with the striving 

and tolerant of the weak 

and strong. -

" Because someday 

in your life 

you will have been

 all 

of these. ”

 George Washington Carver

mwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm

If you are like me, 

you have lost bookmarks

 for websites when moving to

 a new computer, or hard drive. 

I thought of writing down,

 or cutting / pasting my bookmarks

 last time,

 but who has the

 patience!!?

Well, I have discovered that

it's EASY

 to PRINT, or even Transfer 

your bookmarks 

to another browser 

that you use! 

In Google Chrome

Just click the Chrome menu icon

 at the top-right corner 

of your browser window, 

point to Bookmarks,

 and select Bookmark manager.

 (You can also quickly open 

the Bookmark manager by pressing 

Ctrl+Shift+O.)

Click the Organize menu 

and select:

 Export bookmarks to HTML file. 

(To import your bookmarks later, 

select the Import bookmarks 

from HTML file option.)

Isn't that amazing?

Other browsers

make it just as easy.

More info is 

H E R E

Gosh it's nice

when YOU visit.

Share a comment, OK?

Thanks!

                           Warmly,  cloudia

Change Your World

A  L  O  H  A !

"Never judge a book
 by its movie."

        J. W. Eagan

"Have you had a kindness shown?
 Pass it on; 
'Twas not given for thee alone,
 Pass it on; 
Let it travel down the years, 
Let it wipe another's tears,
 'Til in Heaven 
the deed appears - 
Pass it on. " 

Henry Burton
 (1840-1930)

" Ask yourself: 
Have you been kind today? 
Make kindness 
your modus operandi 
and change your world. "

Annie Lennox 


Thank YOU
Kind Friend!

I thrill to your comments.

                       Fondly, cloudia

Must Be

A L O H A !

 A pink & lilac cloud 

 envelops the space 

where my brain

 used to be. 

  I dwell instead

on the New Red

  tickling from 

my fingertips. 

 Airy and pleasant. 

What is going on

 with me? 

 New shoes drew me to the shops

 irresistibly. 

A new bag 

became 

the most important thing 

in the world. 

All I want to do

 is wear my beguiling

 new blue dress, 

 and shoes, 

 and fresh makeup colors 

 and smile. 

At everyone.

 I am insatiable for Aloha

 and giggles.

 Nothing else interests me 

but stroking kitty's

 luxuriant fur

 with my new

 manicure. 

 We smile. 

It must be SPRING!:-) 

Oh Thank YOU

for looking in!

Your comments

make me deliciously

happy

:)

                                                                                   cloudia  

Friendship Above Snake Oil

A  L  O  H  A !

We bloggers 

share, suggest

and help

one another.

My intent

is to be

a friendly updraft

 under YOUR wings,

cheering

YOUR

unique flight.

 

 Too many 'motivators'

are selling One-Size-Fits-All

solutions.

 

They pump us up

with words that sell,

Telling us we can fly.

 They walk away

as we head to life's cliffs

with the one-size-fits-all

wings that they sold us.

 But you and me?

I'll meet You here -

 Tomorrow

In the Blog-0-Sphere!

Your Sincere Pal,

                                cloudia

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