Paradise Plastered

A   L   O   H   A   from   Honolulu!

" They paved paradise,

Put up a parking lot -"

                        Joni Mitchell

But we left PLENTY

of Paradise too-

"Always keep your smile. 

That's how I explain 

my long life." 

                        Jeanne Calment 

Linking to

Signs Signs

Thanks!

                        cloudia

Courage Gentle and Patient

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Outward courage 

dares to die; 

Inner courage 

dares to live. "

                              Lao Tzu

" The overcautious 

accomplish little. "

                           Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

" Good ideas are not 

adopted automatically. 

They must be 

driven into practice

 with courageous

 patience. "

                           Hyman Rickover

Traditional Hawaiian Greeting

" The 

important thing

 in life is

 courage. "

                          Woody Allen

/'\

\./

I'm on a Courage Kick.

Feels like a new thing.

Strange, because it

took a lot of courage

just to 

survive my childhood.

But courage has 
to do

with a choice.

Running away

is instinctive -

as is 

fighting back.

I did both,

relying on instinct

a lot back then.

Reliable guidance

was lacking.

Some creatures

'play dead'

which, looking back,

is what I did

on the inside.

So many feelings,

so much hurt 

and turmoil.

Quieting all those 

bad feelings

was priority

and job

one.

I put them into

therapeutic coma.

So I was tough

cause life had been

tough with me.

Now it takes

Courage

to see what 

really is-

About me

about Life

about You

and each of us.

Life takes

a certain measure

of courage;

Amounts differ

with each unique

recipe

for each unique

"Who I Really Am.'

Pleased to meet me!

Pleased to meet You too.

I'm not tough,

I'm brave.

Brave enough

to be gentle;

How about You?

                     Fondly, cloudia