Stages Ages Pages

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Three Ages

History was a subject in school

How things came to be as they are.

All too soon “Are” and “Is”

become “Was.”

History grows bigger

digesting you

and everything you hate

or love

with Change.

The role you play changes

well behaved student - push and shove

explorer planting flags in life and love,

Dancing with your special one

till tasks on the treadmill are never done.

Hopefully you’ll play again

in the gold afternoon of your shared sun

ignoring the retreating light

yet bursting to tears over geese in flight.

Look to the glowing embers

not the dark,

Pleasures and Remembers

render it much less stark.

And when I am

and when I do

among my greatest glories:

my history with you.

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Thank YOU

for being here!

Fondly, cloudia

Happy Easy Anti Aging Tips

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Click on Photo for Full Experience 

It makes sense
to cultivate
our inner strengths
before
our outer ones
wane.

"Old age

 is like a plane 

flying through a storm. 

Once you're aboard, 

there's nothing 

you can do." 

                      Golda Meir

"Let no feeling

 of discouragement

 prey upon you,

 and in the end you 

are sure to succeed." 

                     Abraham Lincoln 

"Opportunities to find

 deeper powers

 within ourselves 

come when life 

seems most challenging." 

Joseph Campbell

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Here are 3 Anti-Aging Tips I Use.

Adopt, Adapt, or merely Laugh

as suits YOUR situation.

Insights remain valid

 Balance 

On one foot 

then the other.

Works your core

thighs, ankles, feet,

preserves sense of

balance.

Hold a table's edge

or such till just

one finger is enough.

Then without finger touching.

Becomes easy [-er]

 Hop

Then jump

 to maintain bone mass, 

leg strength,

respiratory capacity 

 and coordination 

to avoid falls.

DO Avoid falls!

proceed hop by hop.

Begin by holding on.

Stay within your zone

which WILL expand

and you will feel great.

Sweeties

 Dump 99% of sugary treats

[includes many prepared foods]

for frozen organic fruit

MY FAVORITE!

Tastes sweet, no blood sugar

spikes, health benefits,

harms avoided.

a win/win for You!

Simple things

make BIG improvements
Thanks for joining us today
in the Green Zone

Wishing YOU the Best,

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Bonus Points:

Coconut oil!

For cooking, 

anointing healing

skin and mouth,
[ oil pulling ]

moisturizer,

antiseptic,

butter substitute. . .

and MORE-

Today's Flowers

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Bird Of Paradise

 " Listen to your heart.

 It knows all things,

 because -

- it came from 

the Soul of the World

 and it will 

one day 

return there." 

                                      Paulo Coelho

Linking to Today's Flowers

Here

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Thank You!

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Kindness Lizard

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" One can pay back 

the loan of gold,

 but one dies 

forever in debt 

to those 

who are kind. "

                    Malayan Proverb

" Kindness begets kindness. "

Greek Proverb

" Kindness is

 the golden chain 

by which society

 is bound together. "

                       Goethe

Self Portrait

" Wherever

 there is a human being, 

there is an opportunity 

for a kindness. "

                              Seneca

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Thank YOU Kindly

For Visiting!

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Macro Mountain Moon

A L O H A !

" I never know 

what I'm going to put 

on the canvas.

 The canvas paints itself. 

I'm just the middleman. "

Peter Max

" The waking mind 

is the least 

serviceable 

in the arts." 

Henry Miller

" The quieter 

you become, 

the more 

you can hear. "

                   Ram Dass 

" What I am looking for

 is a blessing

 N O T

in disguise. "

                 Jerome K. Jerome

“I don't know anything 

with certainty, 

but seeing the stars 

makes me dream.” 

                     Vincent van Gogh

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Thank YOU

for looking in!

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Sea Turtle Says

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Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle by Carroll Cox

" By choosing to be 

our most authentic 

and loving self, 

we leave a trail 

of magic 

everywhere we go. "

                           Emmanuel Dagher 

Linking to Weekend Reflections
Here

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Thank YOU

for visiting!

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Rubies Diamonds Pebbles

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" Creativity is...

seeing something 

that doesn't exist. . .

 You need to find out 

how you can 

bring it into being 

and that way 

be a playmate 

with God. "

                  Michele Shea

 Eclat

Having a great view 
of distances:
City, Countryside, 
Weather, Seasons, Ocean
Provides tranquilization,
insight & wisdom
by direct line
it seems-
putting things
 in their place.

Visual Perspective 
is only
a small part of 
what a great view
grants.

Sea Cloud Curtain Click on photo to see tiny sailboat

Clouds loom
and they loom large.

Even small puffs
feel just out of reach.

But tiny sea clouds
low
on a far distant horizon
seem enchanted
miniature 
beguilements

 Tiny Ship Spectacular

" The shoe 
that fits one person 
pinches another; 
there is no recipe 
for living 
that suits all cases." 
                         Carl Jung

 Sky Cherries

" You have no need 
to go anywhere. 
Journey into yourself. 
Enter a mine of rubies 
and bathe 
in the splendor 
of your own light. "
                  Rumi 

Red Angle

" A diamond 
with a flaw 
is worth more 
than a pebble 
without imperfections. "
                                  Chinese Proverb


Linking to global SkyWatch 
Here

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Thank YOU
For Flying By!
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Courtly Chaos

" You must have 

chaos 

within you 

to give birth 

to a dancing star. "

Nietzsche

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Thank YOU

for Mooning Here!

Hawaii Yacht Club

A L O H A !

The fence of the Hawaii Yacht Club

Founded 1901 [click to enlarge]

" Gratitude 

opens doors 

where doors 

did not exist. "

            Rich Simmonds

Linking to Good Fences

Here

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Thank You!

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I Love Neon Signs

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The Venerable Like Like, 

Longtime Honolulu Restaurant

(Lee-Kay - Lee-Kay)

Linking to 'Signs Signs'

HERE

Thank You

for looking in!

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Playing My Bamboo Flute for YOU

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“In the end 

we shall have had 

enough of cynicism, 

skepticism

 and humbug,

 and we shall 

want to live 

more musically.” 

                                        Vincent van Gogh

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The Trade Winds 

have returned

and life in the islands

feels delicious again.

Perfect weather for

 bamboo flute playing

Thank YOU 

for listening!

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