As You Are - As You Will

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Rainbow Beach, Rainbow Beach

where worries cease to be, Footprints in the shoreline,

washed by ebbing sea. Laughter floats on laughter,

carried on the breeze, As children chase the rainbows,

painted through the trees.

Play is our brain's favorite

way of learning

Diane Ackerman.

One way to get the

most out of life is

to look upon it

as an adventure.

William Feather

 Christmas magic is silent.

You don't hear it

- you feel it,

you know it,

you believe it. Kevin Alan Miller  

For one moment quit being sad.

Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you. Rumi

Appear as you are.

Be as you appear. Rumi

ቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖቖ

Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

🎈

Linking To
Monday Murals

Last Year - This Year

A  L  O  H  A !

Last December I lived in N. Calif.

We are always the 

same age inside.

           Gertrude Stein

This year I am Home In Honolulu

Be a friend to thyself, and 

others will be so too.

Thomas Fuller

California Has It's Beauties As Well

EGRET

Let us never know 

what old age is. 

Let us know 

the happiness time brings, 

not count the years.

                   Ausonius 

 Merganser Link

To love and be loved is to feel 

the sun from both sides.  

David Viscott

Linking To:

Wild Bird Wednesday 

๖๏

Love You,

                                           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!

[=]

Love You,

                              cloudia

Beginning To Look Like

A  L  O  H  A !

“A kind heart: $0.00

A Smile $0.00

Laughing with 

friends $0.00

Time alone $0.00

The benefit to 

those around you: 

Worth A Fortune” 

    Steven Aitchison

 Don't judge someone's story 

based on the chapter 

you walked in on.

Now Days & Light Grow

 'When spring came, 

even the false spring,

 there were no problems 

except where to 

be happiest." 

        Ernest Hemingway

Wishing YOU

MAGIC,

Friend!

                   Sincerely, cloudia

Oh No! Super Monday! Run!

A  L  O  H  A !

Wouldn't you rather be surfing,

or watching surfers?

I caught this back-lit family

Saturday on 

Diamond Head Road

as they walked up the trail

from the shoreline below.

 " Once there is a distance 
between you and 
your thought process, 
a new freedom is born. 
With this freedom, 
a new perception 
arises. "
            Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

The tiny dots (click on them) are surfers below

" Turn life 

into play 

and you can 

keep 

your body 

and brain

 younger! "

                      Josh Catchur 

 Duke Kahanamoku

Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer,

Legendary Life-Saving Hero,

 Father/Ambassador

of modern surfing 

to the world.

When you surf, especially Waikiki

you surf with the Duke's spirit!

Seen above in Mural at The Wave Hotel
Linking to Monday Mural

" If one is lucky, 

a solitary fantasy 

can totally transform 

one million realities. "

                    Maya Angelou

Linking to Our World

(_)

January is cold.

The new year is 

just finding it's legs

like a newborn

giraffe.

And then there are

the bills. . .

Some people remain

celebration-unsteady

too. Watch for them.

But today is the day:

The first normal 

"Work Day"

"School Day"

after a protracted

Holiday Season.

Here is my tip

to YOU:

Just show up.

Just find your class.

Everyone there

is more disoriented

than you.

Look awake.

Make it through

the day.

It will all be easier

tomorrow.

And to those like

myself:

"They've gone now.

We can clean up,

drink a second cup,

take the camera

for a walk."

When you love

what you do

'Normal Time'

is the Best Time

of ALL!

I wish YOU

Love & 

Pleasant Musing-

           Fondly, cloudia

Island of Misfit Relationships

A  L  O  H  A !

It takes two.

Even a saint cannot

repair a damaged relationship.

All you can do

is behave as your best self,

and limit contact.

[even when you are together]

Your courtesy,

non-violent manner,

- even friendly overture -

cannot effect repair

unless the other party

wants it,

is capable,

can even SEE

the overture!

Linking to Weekend Reflections

Some can only

run the scripts

that they have always run,

forcing you into

the role assigned to you.

That's all that

they can see.

They're not even present

to themselves.

It's not your failure

but the nature of

free will.

Don't slam doors,

or say in anger

the thing they will

repeat.

Just continue

on your happy way. . .

Damaged relationships

do not heal

if neglected.

The forgetting scab forms,

covering unresolved tissues.

You can go on with

your life.

Only when

the possibility of healing

expires

with one side,

does survivor find

the grace to finally

heal it alone.

It is over.

Done.

You may forgive.

Then the scab

 falls away

revealing freshness,

that portends only

good.

Until then

slam no doors

when you get out

to salvage

yourself.

Thank You

for Musing Here

with Us!

             Warmly, cloudia