Silly Serious

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Never 

let the demands 

of tomorrow 

interfere with the 

pleasures 

and excitement 

of today. "

Meredith Willson

" It is not ignorance 

but knowledge 

which is the 

mother of wonder. "

 Joseph Wood Krutch 

Shower Tree

"Silly 

is you 

in a natural state, 

and serious 

is something 

you have to do 

until you can 

get silly again."

        Mike Myers

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I seriously wish

Y O U

silliness

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Eating Elephants

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Habit is either

the best

of servants,

or the worst

of masters. "

Nathaniel Emmons

" How does a project 
get to be 
a year behind schedule? 

One day at a time. "


Fred Brooks

"One machine 

can do the work

 of fifty 

ordinary people.

 No machine 

can do the work of 

one 

extraordinary person."

       Elbert Hubbard

 " The key to success 

is to focus 

our conscious mind 

on things we desire 

not things 

we fear. "

Brian Tracy

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How do you

eat

an elephant?

One bite at a time.

A certain type of person

makes one bad choice

after another.

They toss trash

over their shoulder,

out of sight

out of mind,

until the day

when they must

turn around;

Then they see

a pile of ugly.

Everyone else

already smelled it

all along.

Another sort of person,

does the thing at hand

lovingly

with care.

They are not looking

to the audience for 

applause;

Until the day

when they look up

to see the tower

of gold that

they have built.

Is the task in 

Your Hand

-right now-

trash to dispose

or a bird's wing

to heal?

Most of us have

two piles.

I know which one

of my piles

I hope

is taller! 

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Darg: "A day's work"

A  L  O  H  A !

" Living 

is a form 

of not being sure,

 not knowing 

what next 

or how…

We guess. 

We may be wrong, 

but we take 

leap after leap

 in the dark. "

Agnes de Mille

"We act as though 

comfort and luxury 

were the chief requirements 

of life, 

when  all that we need

 to make us happy

 is something

 to be 

enthusiastic about. "

Charles Kingsley

(1819 - 1875)

" The happiest people 

don't necessarily 

have the best 

of everything. 

They just 

make the best 

of everything. "

Anonymous

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Hawaii's Creed

          A   L   O   H   A  !            

 Duke Kahanamoku, 

Prometheus of Modern Surfing

" In Hawaii, 

we greet friends, 

loved ones 

or strangers 

with Aloha, 

which means love.  

Aloha is the key word 

to the universal spirit 

of real hospitality, 

which makes Hawaii 

renowned 

as the world's center 

of understanding 

and fellowship. 

Try meeting 

or leaving people 

with Aloha. 

You'll be surprised 

by their reaction. 

 I believe it 

and it is my creed. 

Aloha to you."

Duke Paoa Kahanamoku

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Great Photo Ops / Street Musicians Hawaiian Style

A   L   O   H   A  !

Lots to see by clicking on this photo:

" When you play, 

never mind 

who listens to you."

 Robert Schumann

When I spotted 

the tourist boys above

with their first ukuleles, 

outside the music shop

in Waikiki,

I knew it was a

Wonderful Photo

waiting to be ruined.

How I Operate

in such a situation

DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUBJECT

Walk on Past

I faced away from them,

just one of many camera toting

people in a resort.

I decided on my settings,

a bit of zoom,

swept the area,

camera to my eye,

pausing, and snapping

JUST in time

to catch the above.

They never knew

what hit them!

I rush to add:

we are all photographed

numerous times a day

in public places.

That is modern life,

permissible

under law.

Morally,

personally,

my rules are:

1) to make no one

uncomfortable,

2) to present no one

in a way

that would embarrass

should we become

friends

(this happened to me

on FB

when I photoed/posted 

a beach shot 

of a cute girl!

A mutual friend saw it!

Don't worry,

she loved it

and friended me.

So don't play 

with these rules.)

Those boys 

are in a great 

Hawaii Tradition.

Perhaps some day

they will be like

these senior citizens

playing and singing

at Ala Moana 

Shopping Center:

(Link)

The Hawaiian Flag 

on the back of the T Shirt,

the red/white Palaka pattern

 on the guitar man,

and the Longs bag

are all iconic!

Note the lap-played

steel guitar.

Palaka stands for

"workers"

like "Blue Collar"

does on the Mainland.

Actually,

both cloths and

concepts

seem to be fading

along with unions

and average

workers

throughout America.

More about Palaka HERE

One day, Siddhartha heard an experienced musician teaching young musicians:

" If you tighten the string too much it will snap and if you leave it too slack, it won't play." Suddenly, Siddhartha realized that these simple words held the great truth, and that in all these years he had been following the wrong path. We call him Buddha.

LAMA NORBU  This post dedicated to ALL Creative People! Especially to a dear friend who brought the grandchildren to musicianship where they are  flourishing in fun and confidence. My friend is a sly dog, knowing that each note  they play  throughout life will not only  bless them and others, but bring up sense memories, heart memories, of the one who started it all for them. Thanks for being my friend; which is  another word for "Blessing"                                                    cloudia

The Secret of Inviting Happiness

A   L   O   H   A  !

" The Secret 

of Inviting Happiness 

through Many Blessings; 

The Spiritual Medicine 

for All Illness "

" For Today Only:

Do not Anger

For Today Only:

Do not worry 

For Today Only:

Be Humble

For Today Only:

Be Honest

 

in your Work 

For Today Only:

Be Compassionate 

to Yourself 

and Others; 

In fact,

to 

Every Creature"

Dr. Mikao Usui

REIKI Precepts

LINK

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Simple Choices

Practiced

Day by Day

Make Wonderful

Changes

in Life.

This is my Treasure.

I share it

with YOU

my Friends! 

Share a Simple Truth

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