Sunday, September 8, 2024

More Than A Dozing Ox

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Peace Lily
A candle is a small thing. 
But one candle can light another.
And see how its own light increases, 
as a candle gives its flame to the other.
You are such a light.
             Moshe Davis


My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.
Oliver Sacks




Ants are a curious race.
Robert Frost

All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.
Lafcadio Hearn

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
 Laozi

I wonder what ants do on rainy days?
Haruki Murakami

 Life is priceless even to an ant.
Liu Xiaobo




We are safe...Come with me and be in the present moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh




Well-being can be built—
and the best building blocks
are good, warm relationships.
     Robert Waldinger

⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱⻱
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie



Linking To

Monday Murals

Jaipur Garden Affair




Pause, dear friend
A moment take,
A single breath
for goodness' sake.

Let logic guide
let kindness bloom,
A tiny shift can
chase away gloom.



The heart, a compass
True and bold,
Leads us to acts
More precious than gold.

A listening ear
A helping hand,
A ripple spreading
Across the land.

We, average folk
With votes and care,
Can mend the world
By burdens shared.

No grand pronouncements,
just a smile,
Together building
Mile by mile.
   Cloudia Charters

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Thoughts Full Of Colours

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Walking through
darkness with
thoughts full of
colors.
   Prajakta Mhadnak




I function the best
when I don't distinguish
between work and play.
  Cristina Saralegui




There is no need to run,
strive, search or struggle.
Just be. Just being
in the moment in
this place is the
deepest practice
of meditation.
Thich Nhat Hanh



Play like a child and keep the inner idiot alive. Elvis Costello

𑀬𑀫𑀬𑀫𑀬𑀫𑀬𑀫𑀬𑀫𑀬

Love,
Cloudia & Pixie

🐿



The hard lessons
of life are meant to
make you better,
not bitter.
   Roy T. Bennett


Friday, September 6, 2024

Not Perfection

A L O H A From Honolulu!
Pursue excellence Not perfection In service to fulfillment.
No grand design, Not perfect art, Just honest effort From the heart. At our best Our souls will keep, That flame of passion, Pure and Deep.
Cloudia Charters



Our diversity is our strength.
Our unity is our power.
Nancy Pelosi




Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
Robert Schuller 


Sometimes, doing nothing is the best thing you can do!
   Pixie


ᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮᜮ

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia




Heliconia rostrata,
hanging lobster claw or
false bird of paradise



Thursday, September 5, 2024

Glass Boat Gaze

A L O H A From Honolulu!

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
    Eleonora Duse





Take hold of grace, for 
younger you will never be.
        Swedish Proverb





This poem is a vessel of words,
 Glass-bottomed boat
Over the reef of my heart.
Where sunlight pierces,
Illuminating deep,
Secrets revealed
Where shadows creep.

Moral Coral in vibrant displays,
Emotions tangled in complex ways.
Love's crimson hues, passion's green glow,
Some sorrowful shadows, where dark waters flow.

Through the glass my curious eye,
Inland ocean where my feelings lie.
I'm a fragile vessel,
Traversing a turbulent sea,
Borne on by hope, ship-shape and free.
Cloudia Charters




Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.
   Paul P. Harris


ᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽᄽ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

💎

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Joy Farmers

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions—the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Let's go to the Joy Farm
And grow us
a bountiful crop,
Of giggles and grins
and contentment
Then all of our worries
will stop.

Plant seeds of delight,
Then water with sweet rain,
Cultivate coolness
To soothe every pain.

We'll harvest contentment,
Big  bushels so grand,
Share joy with the world
Raised on our land.

With joy as our guide
And our spirits made free,
We'll build a whole world
Of shared felicity.
     
Cloudia Charters



One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Chinese Proverb



Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a circuitous route away from, and then back to it.
 Darren Shan

ᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅᤅ

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


Linking To

Thankful!


Bonsai Tree


Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Hope And Optimism Walk Into A Bar

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Hope is optimism
with a broken heart.
Nick Cave





This mountain air
is quiet and still
 Wind and bird songs
A sense of peace,
Gaze upon the tranquil scene,
A moment of serenity.
   Pixie




“Remember,” says Hope,
“the times we felt low, When the world seemed heavy,
and progress was slow?”
Optimism nods, “Yes,
But we learned
to embrace, The beauty in struggle,
and all that we face.”
Pixie & Cloudia


Silent solemn skies Draped in stardust gleam Moonlit Angel legions Murmur, dance, and dream. On lunar light descend Intimate longtime friends!
Cloudia Charters



The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. Frederick Buechner

ឦឦឦឦឦឦឦឦឦ

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

Monday, September 2, 2024

Forgive Me My Nonsense

A L O H A From Honolulu!
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Normal people don’t know how lucky—how blessed—they are.
Darren Shan



The earth has music for those who listen. William Shakespeare



Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. Robert Frost

𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄𑂄
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

𑂢