Never Feel Age

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

When you take time, often 

to reflect on the miracle of life - 

the miracle that you are even 

able to read this book - 

the gift of sight , of love 

and all the rest , 

it can help to remind you 

that many of the things

that you think as 

"big stuff" are really 

just "small stuff" that 

you are 

turning into big stuff.

                  Richard Carlson

Never waste your time 

trying to explain 

who you are 

to people who 

are committed to

misunderstanding you.

I never feel age...If 

you have creative work, 

you don't have age or time.

Louise Nevelson

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Love You,

            Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Nature Thursday

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

I Do & So Do You

A   L   O   H   A  !

When I was young I needed sexual ecstasy or a 

hike to the top of a mountain to experience bliss. 

Now I can feel it when I look at a 

caterpillar on my garden path.

           Anonymous

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. 

Grace is treating yourself, others, and 

even inanimate objects with respect.

          Kamand Kojouri

By the time we are 70, we have all had more 

tragedy and more bliss in our lives than 

we could have foreseen. If we are wise, 

we realize that we are but one drop in the 

great river we call life and that it has been a 

miracle and a privilege to be alive.

                                 Mary Pipher

 Ask a child, or 

a younger adult,

if they know more about life

and about themselves

this year than they did last.

No one ever feels

that they have not learned

something in the past year.

And yet Youth feels wiser.

While they see change closer up,

it's true, they lack the long

context that repetitions teach.

I may seem and behave

like your idea of a sweet,

or trying senior. But the

experience and context

are not yours yet

to understand.

That's fine.

I Do.

            

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Love You,

                                      cloudia

Living Longer

A   L   O   H   A  !

By the time we are 70, 
we have all had more tragedy 
and more bliss in our lives than 
we could have foreseen. 
If we are wise, we realize that we are but one
drop in the great river we call life and that it has 
been a miracle and a privilege to be alive.

           Mary Pipher

Guides come when you're ready to listen; 
no eBay or Amazon link will fetch them. 
You need to invite, not pursue.

       Helen S. Rosenau

Bless military people & families!

They do not decide. They carry out.

Spare a thought - or more - for 

what they offer and at what cost!

North Beach, San Francisco
It is the least privileged, 
not the most, who excel 
in appreciating the 
smallest of offerings.

          Mary Pipher

A Honolulu Mural for Monday

I so appreciate your visit!

Links:

Monday Murals

Our World Tuesday

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

Travel Tuesday




I have decided not to "Age"
Rather, I am simply going to
Live Longer.

Look! I'm Doing It!

I never took the main road,
or the main gate,
and I'm not going to
start now. You?

Love,
                  cloudia

The December I Remember

A  L  O  H  A !

Waikiki December Skies

The heart is very much like the sea, 

it has its storms, it has its tides, 

and in its depths it has its pearls too.

       Vincent Van Gogh

Also Waikiki December Skies

The dance of the palm trees,

the oceans calling, the 

first rays of sun and 

heaven is here.

   Michael Dolan

Winter People

When the light shines on you, 

you are filled up with the light! 

And then what happens? Then you 

will start loading your light on others!

             Mehmet Murat ildan

Turtle On Vacation

Linking To:

Saturday Critters
Shadow Shot Sunday2

As many of you know, I have lived in Hawaii half my life, the better half. After many years, we had the opportunity to move to California for a  time. We were there four years, and accomplished what we had gone to do. 

I have never taken these Islands for granted! 

Living, working, growing here, has made me who I am, and shaped how I feel about life and others. This was never as clear as when I lived in a different climate both terrestrial and social.

This is my first December home 

since Dec. 2014.

Every day I appreciate the balmy breezes, epic skies, and ways of life. Walking the few blocks to the beach, I repeat: 

"I'm walking in the sun! 

I'm walking in the sun!" 

At last I feel that I can rest and look to the future 

as a succession of such moments.

A retirement in the midst of life!

I love morning, noon and blessed night.

Here's hoping that YOU are marinating

in the healing celebration of

Your Home!

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Love You,

                              cloudia

How To Be Lucky

A  L  O  H  A !

Century Center, Makiki Stream, Honolulu

We ought to lay up a stock of absurd enthusiasms in our youth, or else we shall reach the end of our journey with an empty heart, for we lose a great many on our way.

Victor Cherbuliez, Samuel Brohl 

1877 translated from French

Barrier Of Palms

I'm interested in everything 

but passionate about nothing.

    Jeanne Calment

Oldest woman in history (122 years, 164 days).

       wikipedia.org

Every age has its happiness

and troubles.

   Jeanne Calment

I took pleasure when I could. 

I acted clearly and morally 

and without regret. 

I'm very lucky.

   Jeanne Calment

Linking To:

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

Good Fences 

Weekend Reflections

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Love You,

                                    cloudia

Work, Retirement and the Elemental

A  L  O  H  A !

The most important skill 

is anticipation.

Laurence J. Peter

Sitting Pretty Pigeon

Stuff you like to do, you still do it - 

just not so much. Stuff you don't like, 

just don't do it anymore! . . .

Who can yell at you? Nobody! 

And if they do, I can't hear anyway.

George 'Lefty' Gray, aged 102 

Scientists say that our

brains specialize in noticing

faces. Hence our talent for

finding them in unexpected

places. I say that this tree

root has been here a long time

and has seen much. Looks

elemental and stoic to me.

How many faces

do YOU see?

Linking To

Saturday Critters

Love To You,

                     cloudia

New Day New

A  L  O  H  A !

When a new day begins, 

dare to smile gratefully.     

    Steve Maraboli

Each morning we are born again. 

What we do today is what matters most.

           Buddha

Long live the headdress, 

because hats come and go.

         Corsican Proverb

For every head a hat.

 Lithuanian Proverb

Even the darkest night will end 

and the sun will rise.     

Victor Hugo

Linking To:

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday
CDP Daily Photo

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Love YOU

                                cloudia

At The BON Dance

A  L  O  H  A !

Until one has loved an animal, a 

part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

Anatole France

“Our task must be to free ourselves…

by widening our circle of compassion 

to embrace all living creatures and 

the whole of nature and its beauty.” 

                   Albert Einstein

 Ran Into An Old Friend!

“Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?”

"Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, 

“and see what happens.” 

                     A. A. Milne

Moon Rabbit Link

 Wonderful music! 

Thank You Ladies!

 Look at those Comfort Spirals!

Growth is a spiral process, 

doubling back on itself, 

reassessing and regrouping. 

            Julia Margaret Cameron

Spiral minds are harder to twist. 

 Kris Saknussemm

 ‘I felt it shelter to speak to you.’ 

                     Emily Dickinson

Okinawa (link) is a 'Blue Zone" (link)

where folks routinely live well

into great age. Now you know

some reasons: sociability,

laughs, keep moving,

DANCE!

Linking To

Monday Murals

World Tuesday 

The Good.Random.Fun.

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Thank YOU

for Dancing Here!

             Fondly, cloudia