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A  L  O  H  A !

"The most valuable possession 

you can own is an open heart. 

The most powerful weapon 

you can be is an 

instrument of peace."

              Carlos Santana 

"If seeds in the black earth 

can turn into such beautiful roses

what might not the heart of man become

in its long journey toward the stars?"

            Gilbert Keith Chesterton 

                    (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936)

Don't have a heart of stone. 

Plug into something worthy.

"The heart of the wise one

lies quiet like limpid water."

    Cameroon proverb

"An awake heart is like 

a sky that pours light."

           Hafiz

"What happens when people 

open their hearts?

They get better."

   H. Murakami

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Friend

of my heart!

                 Warmly, cloudia

Rather Be Happy? 🌈

A  L  O  H  A !

"A cheerful heart 

is good medicine, 

but a crushed spirit 

dries up the bones."

Proverbs 17:22

“Man is affected not by events 

but by the view he takes of them.” 

                  Seneca

Do not conform to 

the pattern of this world, 

but be transformed by the 

renewing of your mind. 

Then you will be able to 

comprehend."  

Romans 12:2

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All of us are marinating in a world

or news, ideas, and expectations.

The mind never stops telling us

a story we call: How It Is.

All of this is fed into our subconscious

which uncritically brings more of the 

same into our thoughts, and remarkably

into our experience! Modern psychology

has shown that we see and experience

largely what we believe and 

EXPECT, interpreting

people and situations in ways that 

suit our categories. 

How much nicer it

is to notice the Good, and Beautiful

all day long! But Daily life 

- especially today - 

is set up so that we are basting

 in news, contention, traffic, 

and issues All Day Long. 

And then we

take it to bed with us!

 Too many of us

would rather be right in our negative

expectations and judgements,

get more of a payoff from it,

than to consider a different way.

And more than consider it,

we can put it into action!

Tomorrow:

How To Do It.

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Friend!

                    Fondly, cloudia

"Be renewed in the spirit of your minds."

Ephesians 4:23 

Someone To BE 🌟

A  L  O  H  A !

These are the times you were born for. 

It matters BIG TIME. 

But Who do 

you want to be 

in these times? Angry? 

Worried?

Labeling Others? 

In perpetual argument? 

NO. Me either. 

But these are the times 

we have been born, 

and raised, and 

experienced to live in. 

So how do you want to handle it?

May I suggest: 

LIVE THE TRUTH YOU KNOW. 

Don't label others. 

Don't gratify those who relish 

argument and winning - 

don't engage. 

Sometimes you just 

have to be a witness. 

"I just don't see it like that" 

is my preferred come-back 

to a stupid provocation. 

Breathe. Be. 

Be Magnificent. Embody 

what and who you admire. 

LIVE YOUR TRUTH & VOTE! 

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Friend!

              Warmly, cloudia

Nearly Eternal

A  L  O  H  A  !

"To stand at the edge of the sea, to

sense the ebb and flow of the tides, 

to feel the breath of a mist 

moving over a great salt marsh,

to watch the flight of shore birds 

that have swept up and down

 the surf lines of the continents for 

untold thousands of years,

 is to have knowledge of things 

that are as nearly eternal 

as any earthly life can be."

    Rachel Carson

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Weekend Reflections 

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Friend!

            Fondly, cloudia

Strictly Tolerant

A  L  O  H  A !

 I have developed a happy gift 

in how I view other people.

Normally we see strangers in the world, 

with a subgroup of  people we 'know'

family & friends.

Somehow I have 

reached the point where it is 

someone's son, someone's mother, 

someone with a story and a 

struggle that I see. 

If you saw your 

friend's elderly mother 

driving slowly in traffic, your 

heart might go out to her, 

you have seen her timidity 

and gentleness. She is

 a lovely person, just trying to 

keep up with mobility and with life. 

You would not shout or frighten her 

for slowing you down. But someone 

would and does sometimes. 

Don't be that person, seeing 

people only as means 

or obstacles. Know that they

are not perfect - just like yourself. 

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The Chinese say: 

"Be tolerant of others and 

strict with yourself." 

Good advice I'd say, 

for saving yourself occasions

 for regret. How can you regret 

becoming a larger person?  

               Warmly,

                                                               cloudia

My Super Power

A  L  O  H  A !

DARE to think that 

today a person 

you did not even notice 

wished you well, 

even admired you. 

I do stuff like this 

all the time. 

Notice an older person 

going about their business, 

- an adult & child, or 

someone living with 

a visible challenge. 

I see them and think: 

"Yes! You are doing it, 

what a hero." An 

every day hero. 

And I wish them well, 

asking God to bless them. 

Yup. Happens every day 

without anyone noticing.

But energy is exchanged. 

The blessing transfers. 

Angels follow that person home. 

That's my super power. . . .

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Our World Tuesday

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Friend!

          Fondly, cloudia

Look Around.

A  L  O  H  A !

Marin County, CA

Look Around.

Just stop for a moment

And look where you are.

What you see will one day

Be a rich, fond memory.

Even bad, boring, and

R  o  u  t  i  n   e

Will reveal in retrospect

Unrecognized Treasures 

all around you.

Try to discern 

some of them now.

Simple solid things

Are changing this second,

Just too fast for

Us to notice in the

Blurry hurry of 

N  O  W.

All’s not as solid

As it seems

Except in your heart.

So look around.

Really take it all in.

Smell the flowers

Before their scent dissipates.

Look  Around.
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      Friend! cloudia

The Anti-Terror-ist

A  L  O  H  A !

No. I'm not picking up a gun.

But what is the opposite

of harming strangers?

Love your neighbor.

We don't even hear

it's meaning anymore.

Our mind skips over

these words we have

heard before.

But when they crack open

one spies a wonder world

within. Through the peep-

hole of this candied egg

we see not mere possibilities,

but a truer sense of Real.

If you care for yourself

you can care for us all.

But that is the problem;

We do not care for ourselves.

We have been trained

to be unobtrusive and useful

by this world we enjoy.

Care for self

strikes a chord of guilt

doesn't it?

Love your neighbor

as yourself.

If one is ready to die

for an angry idea,

one is ready to kill

strangers over it.

If we live for love.

Courteous to self

and 0ther,

we are spreading

the antidote to

everything we hate.

Say hi to an Angry White Guy,

or a Muslim woman;

A Palestinian and a Jew.

Say 'Merry Christmas'

to a Christian.

Life is good.

A Gift.

Live that,

the power of that.

No telling where

it can take this world.

Thanks for visiting!

Wishing YOU all good things,

                                                         cloudia