Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Your Attitude While Doing It

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Satisfaction comes not 
from chasing bigger 
and bigger things, but 
paying attention to 
smaller and smaller things.
Arthur C. Brooks





You Friends Are
My Handful of Light

In the challenge
of this season,
You are the handful
Of grace.

Not fixing
What cannot be fixed,
But being steady, true,
And near.

You show up
You listen,
Faithful 
When I feel unsure.

You catch me
Without question.
In this time
When everything shifts.

You are the ground 
beneath my feet.
Simple kindness. 
Presence constantly felt.
This is everything.

I see you. 
I thank you.
I know my luck.
You know who you are. 
Cloudia Charters 





Your first 10,000 photographs 
are your worst.
Henri Cartier-Bresson


There are no bad pictures; 
that's just how your 
face looks sometimes.
Abraham Lincoln





Success is not only 
measured by 
what you accomplish, 
its measured by your 
attitude while doing it.
 Joseph Meyering Sr



𑄚𑄚𑄚𑄚𑄚𑄚𑄚𑄚

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Stop worrying. 
Life already knows 
what it's doing.

14 comments:

Mike said...

Smaller and smaller things come into focus when you've fallen and face planted in the dirt.

Teresa said...

Pixie agrees with Abraham Lincoln. Love the quotes and pics today. Your poem is amazing.

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Lovely Pixie!

eileeninmd said...

Hello Cloudia,
Your words are lovely. Beautiful photos too, I always enjoy your sky views and of course Pixie. Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.

Tom said...

...just do it, they say.

William Kendall said...

I like that Lincoln quote.

Barbara Rogers said...

No matter what the photos look like, and dear Pixie's floofy tummy! Yes, in the midst of life, there is beauty, as well as the ugly realities.

Sandee said...

Beautiful photography and beautiful quotes.

Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.

Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches to Pixie. ♥

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Thank you, Cloudia, for blessing us all with your heartfelt poem. I know I'm a better person just for becoming your friend. Blessings!

RedPat said...

Wonderful words, Cloudia. ;-)

Kathy G said...

I had to laugh at the Abraham Lincoln quote.

Anvilcloud said...

Going by my photos, apparently, Henri Cartier-Bresson, is correct.

Sami said...

Beautiful poem Cloudia. Nice quotes and photos. That is a giant dog! Take care.

EricaSta said...

Lovely words indeed.