Happiness Clinks

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

So Just Don't Bother!

Nothing is forever in this world, not even our problems. Charlie Chaplin  

Happiness is a cold drink

In a dark place

on a hot afternoon.

Sometimes that's all

the therapy you need.

Let the sun blaze outside, I'll stay here. You'll find me in the shadows Where the glasses clink.

Some worship the sun, So pretty to look out at, I’ll take the shade With a drink in hand. Cloudia Charters

& Pixie

I signed it 

MYSELF!

P I X I E

She certainly did!

𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢

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Even on a fallen leaf

blossoms find a

place to shine. Proof that beauty lingers,

even through

time's changes. At journey’s end,

life still finds a

way to bloom.

Easy Words Learned With Difficulty

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

We're going to mess up in life. We're all going to do things and wonder why we did something so stupid. There's going to be times we say things that leave us feeling regretful. We're going to feel mad at ourselves and even shameful at our own actions. Never be too proud to say you're sorry or I love you. These are easy words that strengthen our heart, and give us peace and wisdom.
Ron Baratono

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Crimson bottle brush is
a broadleaf evergreen, perennial shrub or small tree in the myrtle family that is native to Australia and South Wales.

We sometimes need to be assured of our merits and to have our most obvious advantages pointed out to us.
Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues

Between sunrise and storm.

My heart is a feather, Fragile as eggshell And tougher than leather. Free to choose The gratitude, where kindness blooms softening moods Or to taste the suspicion, Every hand a fist Clutching for more. Mercy dismissed. All day, We walk this tightrope— One step from warmth, Or toward frost. Choice becomes habit, Habit makes home.

Alternatives are lost. Will we build with golden laughter, Or chase the hollow applause?

Change the garden, Change the harvest. Our choices are seeds and cause. Cloudia Charters

All bad things,

like good things,

must end.

Nihar Sharma

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

🈘

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Monday Murals

Jaipur Garden Affair

Do Not Lose

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Never be in a hurry;
do everything quietly
and in a calm spirit.
Do not lose your

inner peace
for anything whatsoever,
even if your whole world
seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales

The weakest ones
are the wickedest cruel
When the strongest ones
in gentleness rule!
Ana Claudia Antunes

Details matter,

but context matters more.

Seth Godin

Do not anticipate trouble, or 

worry about what may never happen. 

Keep in the sunlight.

Benjamin Franklin

Keep Paddling 

with your pals!

Pixie

 I am determined to be 

cheerful and happy in 

whatever situation I may 

find myself. For I have learned

 that the greater part of 

our misery or unhappiness is 

determined not by our

 circumstance but 

by our disposition.

            Martha Washington

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Immature Forever

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Today is a new day. 

Don't let your history interfere 

with your destiny! 

        Steve Maraboli

You are only young once,

but you can be

immature forever.

Hannah Marks

Thunbergia erecta, 

commonly known as 

Bush Clock Vine 

or King's Mantle. 

Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.

Shannon Mullen

A bird might see 

the forest green,  

Worms will know 

the roots unseen.  

The stars above, 

the ground below—  

Each tells a tale 

we’ll never know.  

Pixie

᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends." ― Kakuzō Okakura

Lingers

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

I’ve never lost sleep

Over a kindness I've done.
Those moments dissolve
Like sugar in tea—  
Sweet then gone,  
leaving only warmth
In my cup.

But the times I held back

kept my umbrella shut,  
let the elevator doors close,  
or left a silence sitting there,
heavy as a stone,
Those are the ones
That follow me home.  

Regret is not
The sharp thing  
I thought it would be,  
But a slow drip  
From a faucet I never fixed—  

Sounds of water  
Pooling in the quiet  
Long after midnight.

If I could go back,  

I’d spend kindness
Like loose change,  
Scatter it in the grass,  
Leave it in coat pockets  
For strangers to find.  

Because it’s the
Unopened hand,  
The word I didn't say,
That lingers with regret

Not the gift given,  
But the one withheld,  
Still waiting  
for me to give it.
      Cloudia Charters 

That is a good question 

for you to ask, not a 

wise question for 

me to answer. 

           Anthony Eden

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Love You,

  Pixie & Cloudia

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Ode to the Palm Frond’s Secret Geometry

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.

Shakti Gawain

Ode to the Palm Frond’s 

Secret Geometry

[A palm frond consists of a rachis, which is the central stalk, and pinnae, which are the individual leaflets or blades that attach to the rachis.]

Between each pinna, 

green and long,

Tiny triangles, 

Notes in a song—

Slivers of sky, 

a puzzle’s trace,

Where sunlight slips in 

to find its place.

The rachis, proud, 

a central spine,

Hosts these triangles 

in a line;

A vertebrae of 

empty space,

A necklace made 

of light and grace.

Oh, what a sly 

and clever scheme

To lace the world 

with gaps between!

For every leaf 

that meets its stem,

A triangle blooms, 

a secret gem.

Such order, and oddness, 

side by side—

A beauty found 

where shapes collide.

A spine of spaces, 

sly and bright,

Spanned in laughter, 

arranged in light.

    Cloudia Charters

You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.

 C. JoyBell C

Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don't like. We can only live together in that way. . .we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.

Bertrand Russell

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 Love You, 

 Pixie & Cloudia 

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Simple Not Easy

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.

 Etty Hillesum

Mastering the Art of Being 

is simple but not easy, 

Nick Catricala

A smile will gain you

ten more years of life.

   Chinese Proverb

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. 

Maya Angelou