Rudeness RX

A  L  O  H  A !

" Life is as dear to a 

mute creature as it is to man. 

Just as one wants happiness 

and fears pain, 

just as one wants to live

 and not die, 

so do other creatures. "

His Holiness,

 The Dalai Lama

" Lots of people talk to animals.... 

Not very many listen, though.... 

That's the problem. "

Benjamin Hoff

Are YOU plagued by rudeness,

or is it a rare occurrence?

Encountering Rudeness

What do YOU do?

Get Angry? Retaliate?

If you continue on,

do you despise

your "meekness" ?

Do you consider the

possible

mental health breaking point

of the other party,

glad it was words,

or a glance,

not bullets?

Can you leave it

behind, or

does it saddle you

the rest of the day?

I have found myself

remembering my own

youthful rudeness:

"They are behaving

as I once did."

My world was

a rougher place then.

But I've grown soft

and lain the boulder down.

So go on your way

fool that is was me!

Go with my blessing;

Wishes for 

what I have found.

Perhaps regarding you thus,

cleanses a smidge

of the world's karmic debt,

my own karmic weight.

Per - Haps

.

We are responsible

for the world we live in.

We notice

what feeds our

preconceptions.

we wear our 

style of reality 

like a suit,

we consider others

"out of fashion."

What is your fabric

and how is it cut,

my friend on this funny

blog trail?

Healthy confident humility

is not self immolation,

just hell

to the ego.

Burn it up!

You are bigger than that

after all.

             fondly, cloudia

Finding Losing

A  L  O  H  A !

" Losing is

 a learning experience.

 It teaches you humility.

 It teaches you 

to work harder. . .

a powerful motivator. "

Ritu Ghatourey

" Find 

what makes your 

heart sing 

and create 

your own music. "

Mac Anderson

" -and if any one doth

 question you,

 Wherefore do ye loose it? 

thus ye shall say to him -

- The Lord hath need of it.' "

Luke 19:31

Young's Literal Translation

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Don't you hate
losing things?

I do.

So when I thought
I'd left behind
a grocery item
already paid for
I felt a loss.

I'm not a scripture person
because I seek
what unites us,
not doctrinal arguments.

But immediately
words 
popped into my head:

"The Lord Hath Need of it."

I remembered
all the things I have found,
little gifts from the Universe,
often JUST when needed.

"Perhaps," I thought,
"I've really just repaid
my own
to someone who needs
right now."

I felt less a losing fool,
than a generous
Fool!

Sometimes things happen
for purposes we cannot see.

So I will make my 
things lost, or not found,
contributions.

Perhaps a greater need
is satisfied
instead of my own.

I like that.

What do YOU think?

See YOU in Comments :-)

                               Warmly, cloudia

On Their Way

My Dear Friend;

How often we believe

that our adventures are 

all behind us

right before

our best ones

BEGIN -
[Best Wishes Ruth & Gordon]

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Sensitive They Say

A  L  O  H  A !

"All streams

 flow to the sea

because it sits

 lower than they.

This is the power

of humility."

 Lao Tzu

" A person may be proud

without being vain.

Pride. . . our opinion

 of ourselves,

vanity 

what we would have

others 

think of us. "

Jane Austen

" Find out who you are

and be that person. "

Ellen DeGeneres

=^..^=

"You're sensitive" they say,
like there's a problem with that.
Well, a violin
makes a lousy 
baseball bat.
If punch is all you care about
I'm not your girl.

The arrogant and shallow
understand all of it perfectly,
never bothering with
intricacies
and call themselves
Big Thinkers
like children
moving pieces on a board.

Why do we empower
their delusion
letting them treat us as pawns
those 'leaders / Job Makers'
in their cushy bubble?

But the jokes' on them.
They don't know us at all;
And you are the very nicest
part of life in this world.

Knowing your uniqueness
is true wealth
in my eyes!

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Sincerely Pleased

A  L  O  H  A !

  " As soon as you trust yourself,

 you will know how to live."

 Goethe 

"You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? -

- Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

Lydia M. Child

" Whenever you are 

sincerely pleased 

you are nourished. "

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Look Like Friends

A  L  O  H  A !

EARTH

" It suddenly struck me

 that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, 

was the Earth.

 I put up my thumb 

and shut one eye, 

and my thumb blotted out

 the planet Earth. 

I didn't feel like a giant. 

I felt very, very small. "

Neil Armstrong 

SEA

" To the degree 

that you shed your attachment

to making an impact,

you will make the exact impact

that matters most. 

Give yourself

without any expectations. "

Rob Brezsny

SKY

" Eternity 

is in love

 with the productions

 of time."

William Blake 




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That song by Melanie
brought back a lot of emotion.
It surprised me how much.

Back then mimeographed flyers
were the only internet we knew,
and buttons you wore
said things like
"Make Love Not War"
and "Impeach Nixon."

The adult world
seemed rather harsh,
always trying
to teach us one
cold lesson or another.

But we were looking
for beautiful people,
whose faces were not angry
the minute they saw us.

We were looking for
a beautiful, meaningful
way to live.

I write my posts
every day,
sending them out,
like a rose petal
down on a super highway-
But a miracle happens:

Beautiful people find ME!

That's you.
That is us.
And we are 
ALL TOGETHER.

Coo coo kachoo!

This really touches me.

Every Day.

Thank YOU.

                          warmly, cloudia

Animal Play

A  L  O  H  A !

 Where are you going? Don't duck out.

 NOT in front of my wife!

 Hello Handsome!

 He's not giving me 

any play either. 

But he is with his

person [see the hand?] 

engaging in 

the very important matter

of trash picking. 

I hope they get 

enough to eat.

Yes. It is good to have a partner!


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Huh?

A  L  O  H  A !

" No matter how smart

you thought you were,

you are actually

way less smart

than that."

David Foster Wallace

" We are always

the same age

inside." 

Gertrude Stein

" The face of a child

can  say it all.

Especially

the mouth part

of the face."

Jack Handey

Are Today's quotes:

Profound?

Paradoxical?

Stupid?

I suspect there is no

correct answer.

Is there a universal word

understood all over our globe?

Dutch scientists say 

"Ja!"

[ That's a 'Yes']

10 languages on 

5 continents:

Dutch, Icelandic, 

Mandarin Chinese,

West African Siwu,

 Australian aboriginal 

Murrinh-Patha -

ALL use

"Huh?"

" -only 'Huh?' occurs 

across languages 

whose phonetic patterns 

otherwise vary greatly. "

 Mark Dingemanse, 

Francisco Torreira.

 Nick Enfield, 

Researchers,

Max Planck Institute

for Psycholinguistics 

(Netherlands) 

New York Times (Link)

As I told my (blog invisible) husband:

"I cause nice people ALL over the world

to go "Huh???"

                                    Warmly, cloudia