Sunday, January 5, 2025

Think Know Think

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U

Resolve to keep happy,
and your joy and you
shall form an invincible
host against difficulties.
Helen Keller





We are wise only while in search of wisdom; Imagine we have attained it, and we are a fool. Solomon Ibn Gabirol




Be always at war with
your vices, at peace with
your neighbors, and let each
new year find you
a better person.
Benjamin Franklin




A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer


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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


Saturday, January 4, 2025

Compelling

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U

Each time dawn appears, 
the mystery is there 
in its entirety. 
        Rene Daumal







Educating the mind without 
educating the heart, is 
no education at all.
               Aristotle 






There's never any closure 
in an awe-inspired life, 
only constant acceptance 
of the mysteries of life.
      Paul Pearsall



In hard times, people don't
want to be told to look
on the bright side.
They want to know
you're on their side.
Even if you can't help them
feel better, you can always
help them feel seen.
The best way to support
others is not to cheer them up.
It's to show up.
            Adam Grant






Let the Good in me
connect with the good
in others, until the world
is transformed through the
compelling power of love.
   Rabbi Nachman of Breslov



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Pixie & Cloudia

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Friday, January 3, 2025

Stillness Reflects

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U

We are here to 
help each other get 
through this thing,
whatever it is.
Kurt Vonnegut






Stillness reflects 
Shadows of my past
Regret is a soft soaking rain.  
Visiting unasked.

Each drop insight  
Roots of change within,  
Blossoms rise from pain. 
Souvenirs of who I've been. 
 
Surrendering I breathe,  
Wisdom in silence grows,  
Karma's dance unfolds.
And what emerges consoles.
              Cloudia Charters


True silence is the rest of the mind. And it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body - nourishment and refreshment. William Penn


Hope is much more than
wishful thinking.
Hope is a way of moving
through the world. Justine Musk

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 Pixie and Cloudia

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Thursday, January 2, 2025

The Number One Skill In Life

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U
Hope smiles
from the threshold

of the year to come,

Whispering 'it will be happier.'


Ring out the old,

ring in the new,

Ring out the false,

ring in the true.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850




A happy New Year!
Grant that I
May bring no tear
to any eye.

When this New Year
in time shall end
Let it be said
I've played the friend,

Have lived and loved
and labored here,
And made of it
a happy year.
Edgar Guest




Self-assured, 
Your peaceful heart
Gentle charm
A work of art.

Self-assured and peaceful
Calming sight,
Others feel at ease
In your gentle light.
   Cloudia Charters




The number one skill

in life is not giving up. Bryant McGill



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Love You, Friend!
Cloudia & Pixie


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with possible Elf:
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Fresh Magic

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U
The magic in
new beginnings is
truly the most powerful
of them all.
Josiyah Martin


The secret of change
is to focus all of your energy,
not on fighting the old, but
on building the new.
Socrates


Be always at war
with your vices, at
peace with your neighbors,
and let each year find
you a better person.
Benjamin Franklin

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You don't need to see
the entire staircase,
just take the initial step.
Martin Luther King Jr.


Kindness, kindness, kindness.
I want to make a
New Year's prayer,
not a resolution...
Susan Sontag

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Pixie & Cloudia
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