Sunday, September 30, 2018

The Condiment

A  L  O  H  A !
"The greatest discovery 
of all time is that a person 
can change his future by 
merely changing his attitude."
               Oprah Winfrey


I have discovered this to be
true in concrete practicality!










"To me there is no picture 
so beautiful as smiling, 
bright-eyed, happy children; 
no music so sweet as their 
clear and ringing laughter."
           P. T. Barnum











"Failure is the condiment 
that gives success its flavor."
Truman Capote





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Friend!
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

The Kindness Of Recognition

A  L  O  H  A !
"A fool flatters himself, 
wise man flatters the fool."
 Edward G Bulwer-Lytton









"It's hard to practice compassion 
when we're struggling with 
our authenticity or when 
our own worthiness 
is off-balance."
              Brene Brown 









"Service is a smile. 
It is an acknowledging wave,
a reaching handshake, 
a friendly wink,
and a warm hug. 
It's these simple acts 
that matter most,
because the greatest 
service to a human soul
has always been the 
kindness of recognition."
                   Richelle E. Goodrich


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Friday, September 28, 2018

Grasp 📀

A  L  O  H  A !
"You only live once, 
but if you do it right, 
once is enough."  
            Mae West










"Words are mere 
bubbles of water, 
but deeds are 
drops of gold."
           Chinese Proverb









“If you can be content with who you are, how you look and then try every day to make a difference to someone else, then it leads to a wonderful life. It’s a shame more humans can’t grasp that fact.” 

               M.K. Clinton




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Friend!
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Thursday, September 27, 2018

A Society of Friends

A  L  O  H  A !

"Right is right, even if 
everyone is against it, and 
wrong is wrong, even 
if everyone is for it."
 William Penn











“I shall pass through 
this world but once. 
Any good therefore that 
I can do or any kindness 
that I can show to 
any human being, 
let me do it now. 
Let me not defer 
or neglect it, 
for I shall not pass 
this way again.” 
      Stephen Grellet












"O Lord, help me not to 
despise or oppose what I 
do not understand."
       William Penn


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When I was a child
I lived in the Quaker City
of Philadelphia. The ethos
of the Society of Friends, and 
the Pennsylvania Commonwealth's 
founder William Penn, was one of 
doing right to all in good faith,
all with deep simplicity
and humility. This helped to
shape my concepts or Right & Wrong,
preparing me for the revelation of,
and my lifetime devotion to, the
important values of ALOHA.

Quaker Stephen Grellet 
and his friends,
were granted audience with several
European rulers: Kings, 
Queens, the Czar.
The Friends shared their ideas about
abolishing war, and lifting up the 
peasants and common folk. Reportedly,
several rulers were receptive and 
appreciative of the spirit the Friends
shared. But sadly they explained, that 
their "absolute" power was contingent
on maintaining the system in place.
Should they make the heavenly
changes advocated by their Quaker
visitors. . . . well, they would no longer
be ruler! As a child this impressed me
very much. While we often make enemies 
of persons, persons who say, or do, or 
advocate that which we find wrong, 
we are all part of a giant human dance
through time. A dance in which we
all participate, though some sit and
watch. Though responsible for our
own steps, though, each of us
exerts a genuine influence on the
dancers around us, and on the 
dance itself, none of us is
responsible for guiding the dance.
We play but a roll. Even Kings,
Queens, and Presidents.

So dance kindly, Dance towards
the Light. Change your partners,
swing around, reach out to be
steadied. Get giddy sometimes.

But Dance!

                   Your Friend, cloudia


Society of Friends = "Quakers"

"Justice Bennet of Derby, was the first that called us Quakers, because I bid them tremble at the word of the Lord. This was in the year 1650."  George Fox 




"Stephen Grellet (2 November 1773 – 16 November 1855) was a prominent French-born American Quaker missionary.

He was born Étienne de Grellet du Mabillier in Limoges, the son of a counsellor of King Louis XVI. Raised as a Roman Catholic, he was educated at the Military College of Lyons, now the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon, and at the age of 17 he entered the personal guard of the king. During the French Revolution he was sentenced to be executed, but escaped and eventually fled Europe to the United States in 1795.

Impressed by the writings of William Penn, George Fox, and Quaker beliefs, in 1796 Grellet joined the Society of Friends. He became involved in extensive missionary work across North America and most of the countries of Europe, in prisons and hospitals, and was respectfully granted meetings with many rulers and dignitaries, including Pope Pius VII, Czar Alexander I, and the Kings of Spain and Prussia. He encouraged many reforms in educational policies and in hospital and prison conditions.


It is reputed that Grellet was the last living person who could have identified the "Lost Dauphin", the heir apparent of France.[citation needed]

Grellet died in Burlington on 16 November 1855 and his body was buried there, behind the Quaker Meeting House at 340 High Street."
Wikipedia Link

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Egrets

A  L  O  H  A !
Great Snowy Egret
"Even if I was certain 
of going to heaven 
I would pray God to let me go 
from the longest possible route."
           Nikos Kazantzakis







Lesser Egret

"I realized that If 
I had to choose, 
I would rather have 
birds than airplanes."
           Charles Lindbergh









NOT an Egret

"I may not have gone 
where I intended to go, 
but I think I have ended up 
where I intended to be."
        Douglas Adams










You'll never regret being well groomed!

"I will never regret 
loving someone 
because the feeling of love 
for five minutes is greater 
than an eternity of hurt."
                 Kurt Langner


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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Have More Of It

A  L  O  H  A !
"There is no such thing 
in anyone's life as 
an unimportant day."
         Alexander Woollcott











Novato, CA
“The growth of understanding 
follows an ascending 
spiral rather than 
a straight line”
         Joanna Field








"Make it a habit to tell people 
thank you. 
To express your appreciation, sincerely 
and without the expectation of 
anything in return. 
Truly appreciate those around you, 
and you'll soon find 
many others around you. 
Truly appreciate life, and 
you'll find that you 
have more of it." 
                       Ralph Marston




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Friend!
               Warmly, cloudia

Monday, September 24, 2018

Three Characters I Met Yesterday

A  L  O  H  A !
“. . .sometimes one feels freer 
speaking to a stranger 
than to people one knows. 
Why is that?"
“Probably because a stranger 
sees us the way we are, not as 
he wishes to think we are.” 
          Carlos Ruiz Zafón









“Smile at strangers and you 
just might change a life.” 
           Steve Maraboli











“I am a free soul, singing 
my heart out by myself 
no matter where I go and 
I call strangers my friends because 
I learn things and find ways to 
fit them into my own world. 
I hear what people say. . .” 
                    Charlotte Eriksson





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Friend!
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Sunday, September 23, 2018

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !
 Ala Moana Beach Park Link











The Color Of You

A  L  O  H  A !
Let go when it is time, and 
you will find new delight & freedom 
WHATEVER happens next.  









"If I could tell you about red 
I would sing to you of fire sweet 
like cherries burning like cinnamon 
smelling like a rose in the sun."
            Dixie Dawn Miller Goode







Yellow is the colour of the sun.
Blue is the colour of the sky.
Green is the colour of grass.
Brown is the colour of your eyes.
Black is the colour of the night.
Orange is the colour of truth.
Red is the colour of love.
And...
Rainbow is the colour of you.” 
            Anthony T. Hincks

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Dare To Shine Your Colors!
Thank YOU
Friend!
          Fondly, cloudia