Fun and Struggle and Fun

A  L  O  H  A !

"Let us never know 

what old age is. 

Let us know the 

happiness time brings, 

not count the years." 

                    Ausonius 

"Just because 

you are struggling 

does NOT mean 

you are failing. 

Every great success 

requires 

some kind of 

struggle."

            Nicky Gumbel 

"Nobody 

looks stupid

when they're

having fun."

                 Amy Poehler

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Thank You

Friend!

                   Warmly, cloudia

Owning Stuff

A    L    O    H    A  !

Double Rainbow

" The safe way to double

 your money 

is to fold it over once

 and put it in your pocket. "

Kin Hubbard

" Joy all creatures drink

At nature's bosoms..."

Friedrich von Schiller,

 "Ode to Joy," 1785

" As soon as you set foot

 on a yacht

 you belong to some man,

 not to yourself, 

and you die 

of boredom. "

Coco Chanel 

Subsistence is Abundance"

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"Wai" is Hawaiian 
for water, 
it also

means "Wealth"
when doubled:

"Wai Wai"

and Fish SWIM

in it!

But do they OWN

the ocean?

What do you

REALLY need

to own

to be happy?

Good research shows,

that beyond the basics

happiness is independent

of the size of your

 bank account.

Every day

my eyes own

the treasures of

Hawaii.

You too dwell

 in beauties

as your photos

abundantly show!

And Your visits &

comments here

provide me a thrill

no money could

buy.

SO

Join me;
Liberate yourself
from Consumerism.

Appreciate the simple,
needful things you buy.
And when you DO
treat yourself
you will
 APPRECIATE
it consciously.

It's all about 
Awareness,
Appreciation

We churn through
too much Stuff,
too much Activity.

Taste and See
how GOOD it is
to be appreciative
& Satisfied!

My wish for YOU!

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' Take Peace & Smiles - Leave Your Comment '

Thanks for visiting!
                               Warmly, cloudia 

Quel Dommage

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Children show scars like medals.

 Lovers use them

 as secrets

 to reveal. 

A scar is what happens 

when the word

 is made flesh."

Leonard Cohen 

" Every stress

 leaves an indelible scar,
 and the organism pays
 for its survival
 after a stressful situation
 by becoming a little 
older. "

Hans Selye 

" Adopting the right attitude 
can convert a negative stress
 into a positive one. "

Hans Selye 

" If you want others to be happy, 
practice compassion.

 If you want to be happy,
 practice compassion. "

14th Dalai Lama 

" I see the potential 
for a new world
 being born in front of me
 and all around me,

 and I feel the only way
 to bring that potential 
into being 
is to know myself. "

Gary Zukav 

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Each of us humans

 has been damaged.

scraped knees, hurt feelings,

and more.

Each one of us.

There is:

 Unknown Damage,

Unacknowledged Damage,

 UNDERSTOOD Damage.

Some cannot see

their own wounded places;

Unknown to themselves

they fester

 into more damage-

to themselves

and to others.

Some of us, and I am one,

have run from our scars.

Thinking we needed to be special,

Perfect,
 to be worthy

we run from our
 Unacknowledged. 

To look, to accept, to just

BE

 with our damaged selves

allows ever-polite 
Compassion

to arise.

Emptying ourselves

of excuses

has welcomed her.


=^..^=

Thank YOU
for bringing
YOUr Authentically
Sweet Self
here today!

Oh DO
 Leave a Comment

                           Warmly, cloudia

Transmute Fear

A  L  O  H  A !

Fettered Skies

" The greater part of our being 

is still a work in progress. "

Mark Durfee

Unfettered Skies

" Life isn't about

 waiting for the storm to 

pass,
It's about

 learning to dance

 in the rain. "

 Vivian Greene

" The snow goose

 need not bathe 

to make itself 

white. 

Neither need 

Y O U

do anything 

but be 

yourself.  "

Lao Tzu

   <(-'.'-)> 

Our greatest fear

is insignificance.

But once we taste

and inhabit

our intrinsic worth

- no matter how simple

or private our life -

then we live 

every day

in value

beyond doubt.

Live as if

your comportment

influences

all of society,

all of life.

In time you will

see

that it

does.

 

 Thank YOU

for being an influence here

" Take away Peace - Leave Your Phrase " 

                    Warmly, cloudia 

 

Anniversary

ALOHA
it's
Monday in Waikiki


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"Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls."

Rumi

What can you lose if you have your own heart?

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"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne

"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two (different) things."
Ben Franklin

Many years ago
on the Boardwalk
at the New Jersey shore
a fortuneteller asked me
if I was an artist.
"Writer"
I answered.
"You will write the book,
don't worry."
And so I have,
scroll to the bottom of this page
then click on the book cover to find out more.


She further told me
that I would marry a
"kingly man"
younger than myself,
and live with him
in a foreign land.
And here we are
in Hawaii.


24 years ago
today
I met a man.
Older than me in years,
but eternally young
in his spirit.


All that time
we have been together.
He is kingly
and a delightful
little boy at once.


Happy Anniversary,
Honey.

E Ku'u Sweetie

mele na Mälia Craver

leo na Kenneth Makuakäne

© 1991 Makuakäne Publishing Co.

He ha'upu keia no ka sweetie la
This is a remembrance for the sweetie
My warm beautiful pearl
Ku'u momi nani mehana la
One who is desired by many others
A lovely one, you are from the uplands
'I'ini na ipo la
He nohea 'oe i ka nahele

HUI: CHORUS:
O my Sweetie, O my Sweetie
E ku'u sweetie, e ku'u sweetie The intimate companion of the mist
O, so, relaxed with the ferns
Ka pilina a lilinoe
The beautiful one I've met
E luana nei, me ka palai
I ka beauty a o huia e

Kahiko ka ua i Punalu'u la
The usual rain is at Punalu'u
Upon the many Lehua blossoms
I ka pua o ka lehua
Arched above is the hued rainbow
In space above the Ko'olau cliffs
Pi'o mai la ke anuenue la
I ka lewa o ke Ko'olau

Puana keia mele no sweetie la
I'll sing a song for the Sweetie
My warm beautiful pearl
Ku'u momi nani mehana
Indeed, with you, is my love
Your admired always will be
Me 'oe wale no ke aloha la
A kou lei ho'ohihi a mau loa

ALOHA and thanks SO much for visiting! cloudia

Listen To Louis

ALOHA!

Welcome to Year's End
in

Golden
W A I K I K I



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Diamond Head Celebrates

"My whole life has been happiness,
I love everybody."
Louis Armstrong

Honolulu's Chinatown
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"Chinatown is one of the coolest, most interesting places in urban Oahu.
Sure it's gritty, but that's part of it's charm.
Where else can you choose from a rainbow of perfumed shampoos
that sit on a shelf above raw goat meat and a whole pig's head?
It's not a manicured, controlled, master-planned community.
It has all the noise, smells and energy of an open market."
Lee Cataluna

Do you suppose that entire truck is FULL of chocolate??!!

"I began to recognize what I had considered Pops' (Louis Armstrong) grinning in the face of racism as his absolute refusal to let anything, even anger about racism, steal the joy from his life."
Dizzie Gillespie

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Is the loss of yearning something to be mourned?
Or was it just the glorification of anxiety?

Even so - if that be the case -
I turned my unease
into a quest for
MORE
experience, knowledge,
and life.

Each new beginning of my life
has been preceded by
existential dissatisfaction
leading to a change,
to chance,
akin to a rebirth.

So is it OK,
or a cosmic sell-out,
to say:
"This must be the place,"
To feel content
or am I losing my edge,
my SELF?


The world
(I am discovering)
operates by rules
very different
from those I grew up with.


Perhaps I needn't be
on guard
quite so much.


I do believe
I will dare to choose
feel good
over
fear.


I made this decision
when I realized that
animals usually look pretty
relaxed.


And when the moment
of Leap & Pounce
is announced
I will do so in an
instant!

Then
return to grooming
and staring
into
Space...


ALOHA, my Year-End Friends!
cloudia

Just For Today

Aloha!

Welcome Friend!

JUST FOR TODAY. . .

photos may be clickedDon't worry. . . Just for today,

Don't Anger. . . Just for Today. . .

Comfort Spiral is NOT about positive thinking!

It is more like the last day of school

as you begin to suspect how wonderful your life really can be.

Dare to believe it.

Tons of illusion, mistaken beliefs

and "shoulds"

can finally be taken off of your shoulders. . .

can finally be lain down. . . "All truth passes through three stages:

First it is ridiculed.

Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."

Schopenhauer

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Fearless Gentleness:

Every day annoyances crop up naturally.

They are often triggers for the less-than-perfect sides of our nature. But exploding never accomplishes anything positive.

Holding a lid on rage causes physical/mental problems.

But all this can be safely dissipated.

De-escalate.

Then the provocation becomes fuel!

It can propel you into the heights of well being.

Each time you refuse to "rise to the bait," you develop your

perspective and detachment "muscles."

Lots of complications are avoided this way!

Every time you handle some "problem" with relaxed dignity,

powerful inner detachment and increased freedom of spirit

become yours.

All the kinetic energy of the situation will flow non-

destructively to your strength and merit,

and also to collective world peace.

Really. . .

Try to greet each complication as a "work out opportunity."

YOU WILL GROW HAPPIER!

The Hawaiians say: "He Mea Iki'" it's just a small thing.

Come, walk along the shoreline of your heart. . .

It's ALL small things!

ALOHA!

Queen Bamboo in the Pagoda of Love

ALOHA

to YOU, Friends

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"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love,

you must have the courage to live it."

John Irving

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,

while others judge us by what we have already done."

Longfellow

"An egotist is a person of low taste -

more interested in himself than in me."

Ambrose Bierce

We think we're supposed to be busy,

proactive, and ever alert.

It's buyer beware

your own damned fault;

Hey! Look where you are going!

Vacation's a commodity

you need to book and pay for.

We feel guilty

"just doing nothing"

though that's where the action is.

We have lost the primal knack

of living in the moment

being free without atonement

But here & now

is where the action is.

Thank you for joining us here!

Saturday I met a remarkable man, on Sunday I attended a Blogger Party here in Honolulu with Kay of Musings, Ian Lind, Burl Burlingame, and our hostess, Gigi in Hawaii (http://travelerswife.blogspot.com/2009/10/gigis-blogger-bash.html)

.....But more about all that later........Gotta run! This week I MUST buy a new computer. I haven't been able to visit all of you as much as I want - but that will all change soon! Thanks SO much for your dear visits here...

Warm ALOHA, to YOU