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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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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Linking To

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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Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Skywatch

Feline Friday

Floral Friday

Ideas are like rabbits. 

You get a couple and 

learn how to handle them, and 

pretty soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck 

Capture A Piece

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

A good laugh is 

sunshine in 

the house. 

        William Makepeace Thackeray

Etlingera elatior (also known as torch ginger among other names) is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Zingiberaceae; it is native to Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and New Guinea.

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Each breadfruit is a compound or multiple fruit called a syncarp. The female inflorescence, appearing after the male, consists of 1500-2000 minute flowers attached to a spongy core. The flowers fuse together and develop into the fleshy, edible portion of the fruit. Breadfruit is monoecious with male and female flowers developing on the same tree at the end of branches. The male inflorescence (flower) typically appears first.

It is club shaped. Link

If I could capture a

piece of the rainbow,

I'd capture its

beauty and grace.

I'd wrap it around me

like a warm blanket,

And I'd never

feel cold again.

If I could capture a

piece of the rainbow,

I'd capture its hope

and its cheer.

I'd hang it on my

wall in a  frame,

To bring joy

throughout the year.

If I could capture a

piece of the rainbow,

I'd capture its magic and light.

I'd keep it close to

my heart and my soul,

And it would make my

life shine bright.

Cloudia Charters

  'Pixilated'

 is an early American expression

 derived from the word 'pixies,'

 They would say:

 ' the pixies had got him. '

 Meaning:

'He's not all here!'  

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Thankful!
Thursday art date
Little Things Thursday
I Like Thursday
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Floral Friday
Friday Faceoff
Friday Smiles

There is only one way to happiness 

and that is to cease worrying 

about things which are beyond 

our power 

            Epictetus

Rest And Awaken

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

Write your injuries 

in dust, your 

benefits in marble.

           Benjamin Franklin

Solitude is where I

place my chaos to rest 

and awaken my inner peace.

      Nikki Rowe

The better part of 

valor is discretion.

Shakespeare

Discretion is a virtue 

that old age teaches. 

Stefan Zweig

The discreet 

seldom err.

Confucius

Be patient with yourself.

Self-growth is tender;

it’s holy ground.

There’s no

greater investment.

Stephen Covey

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Wordless Wednesday
All Seasons

Sometimes, 

It Feels Like This: