A Wish Lantern Set Out

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

To see the Summer Sky

Is Poetry, though never 

in a Book it lie—

True Poems flee—

Emily Dickinson

 Canna indica – 

The Indian Shot, Seed Sack

Hope is a helium balloon. 

It is a wish lantern set out 

into the dark sky of night.

 Sharon Weil

The wall is silence, 

the grass is sleep,

Tall trees of peace 

their vigil keep,

And the Fairy of Dreams 

with moth-wings furled

Plays soft on her flute 

to the drowsy world.

                       Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Find the sweetness 

in your own heart,

then you may find the 

sweetness in every heart. 

     Rumi

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Wordless Wednesday

All Seasons

"Fairy Flute"

More Humanity

 A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Hope is a discipline.

Mariame Kaba 

They say nobody is

coming to save you, but many people

have saved me, even if they

didn’t intend to.

It can be as small as

a smile from a stranger, a nudge from an animal,

words from a writer, the lyrics to a song,

an observant friend.

we are all saving

each other every single day in tiny seemingly

insignificant ways. Iris Rose

No more apologies

for a bleeding heart

when the opposite is

no heart at all.

Danger of losing our

humanity must be met

with more humanity.

Toni Morrison

Embrace with tender affection

the whole of humanity,

especially the poorest,

the weakest, the

least important.

Pope Francis

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Feral Chickens of Oahu:

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Heart Keeping

 A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Listen to your life.

See it for the fathomless

mystery it is. In the

boredom and pain of it,

no less than in the excitement

and gladness:

touch, taste,

smell your way to the holy

and hidden heart of it,

because in the last analysis

all moments are key moments,

and life itself is grace. Frederick Buechner

Keep your heart 

clear and transparent

And you will never be bound.

A single disturbed thought, 

though, creates 

ten thousand distractions...

And you’ll go further 

and further astray.

Ryōkan

Release the weight

That you've been holding.

The heart knows how

To heal.

Slowly, surely, kindly.

Choose the stillness

As your method.

And calm

Will steer you home. 

Cloudia Charters

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From The Archives
The Good.Random.Fun.
AWWW Monday
T Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday 

Common Day Wisdom

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Advice

from the sunset:
Close your day 

with beauty.

Beauty is whatever 

gives joy.

              Hugh Nibley

This working tower
Keeps to it's business.

Above, the day-moon lingers,
Unconcerned by the hour

Soft as an old thought
Refusing to leave.

The tower

Carries on.
The moon

Doesn't mind.

Daylight too is silent.
And smiles, knowing 

That there's room

For everyone.

        Cloudia Charters

Life is a series of 

unique opportunities 

It's our job to find 

the happiness in

each one.

     Rick Remender 

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Monday Murals

Jaipur Garden Affair

Lobby Mural  

Castle Hospital, Oahu

by Bob Flint, 1997

I like the inter-generational, 
multi-ethnic/cultural mix of folks
in this mural. The local
Ko`olau Mountains are 
a familiar backdrop.
This image says a lot about our
 family-centered lifestyle
on this "country" side of
the island of Oahu.

The World Turns on Hidden Kindness

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Unseen souls

Pray for those They don’t even know. Points of beauty Like roses in snow. Wishes for peace Hopes for grace, For every nameless Hurting place. No borders bind Their quiet pleas Flowing like rivers Into oceans and seas.  

     Cloudia Charters

Love is the power

to see similarity 

in the dissimilar.

          Theodor Adorno

A sudden light transfigures

a trivial thing, a weather-vane,

a windmill, a winnowing flail,

the dust in the barn door;

a moment - and

the thing has vanished,

because it was pure effect;

but it leaves a relish behind it,

a longing that the

accident may happen again.

Walter Pater

Personal growth starts 

when you decide to 

be who you are.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

Like a circle in a spiral

Like a wheel within a wheel

Never ending or beginning

On an ever-spinning reel

As the images unwind

Like the circles that you find

In the windmills of your mind.

Michel Legrand

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Saturday Critters

They  juggled the stars 

with a child’s delight,  

But dropped every planet—

oh, what a sight!  

They claimed they could run it, 

No help would they need,  

Yet tripped on their shoelace 

A classic misdeed.  

Pixie

(On current events)

Mountain Steady

 A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Focus on your character, not your reputation. Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes."

Roy T. Bennett

Never get so busy 

making a living that 

you forget to make a life.

   Dolly Parton

Endurance

Suffering visits every life. 

In simple acceptance  

dignity grows. 

Not loud

But steady as a mountain.

Peace is found   

With open hands.

    Cloudia Charters 

A Relationship is: 

Two Imperfect People not 

Giving Up on Each Other. 

Meg Tuohey

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Ideas are like rabbits. 

You get a couple and 

learn how to handle them, and 

pretty soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck