The Obstacle is the Path

A  L  O  H  A !

You don't have to be a 

professional to play music. 

Close your eyes, 

take a deep breath. And 

let it out. Let the violin 

dance, the guitar fascinate,

the flute sing, the 

piano composes. 

Just. Let. It. 

Go.

TheBakaViolinist

     Royal Poinciana Link

We must never forget that 

the highest appreciation is 

not to utter words but 

to live by them.

John F. Kennedy

Not the cry, but the flight 

of a wild duck leads 

the flock to follow.

           Chinese Proverb

"There are two things 

a person should 

never be angry at,

what they can help,

and what they cannot."

                   Plato

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You.

That's Why 

We Do It!

                              cloudia & Pixie

Those Of Us

A    L    O    H    A   !

The largest unrecognized 

natural resource is the 

mental health of society.

And that is preciously what is 

being extremely stressed today.

Those of us who lived through 

the AIDS crisis 

M A Y

consider that we are being

triggered emotionally by 

the current virus!

Keeping Calm, 

taking a beat, is 

a radically

important act!

While you'll feel compelled to charge forward 

it's often a gentle step back that 

will reveal to you where you 

and what you truly seek.

                      Rasheed Ogunlaru

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

⎅⎄

   Love You,

                                  cloudia

The Magician's Advice

A    L    O    H    A   !

To practice magic is to be a quack; 

to know magic is to be a sage.

                  Éliphas Lévi 

We CAN possess that which we seek, 

namely, profound peace. 

Regret nothing which must end, 

but remember with satisfaction 

that we meet with good in all. 

Hope is a certitude, for we know 

that good is eternal and evil transitory. 

Enjoy solitude but do not fly

the society of people; 

Be a child with children, 

joyous with the young, 

staid with the old, 

patient with the foolish, 

happy with the wise. 

Smile with all who smile, 

and mourn with all who weep; 

applauding strength, yet be

indulgent to weakness; offending no one.

Have no need to pardon, simply 

never think yourself offended! 

Pity those who misconceive you,

 and seek an opportunity to serve them; 

by the force of kindness only 

avenge yourself on the ungrateful...

Judge not; speak hardly at all; 

love and act.

                     Éliphas Lévi 

We look on the wicked as invalids 

whom one must pity and cure; 

the world, with its errors and vices, is 

God's hospital, and we wish to serve in it.

Without fears and without desires, 

dominated by no falsehood, sharing no error, 

loving without illusion, suffering 

without impatience, reposing in 

the quietude of eternal thought...

                     Éliphas Lévi 

born Alphonse Louis Constant 

(February 8, 1810 – May 31, 1875) 

"French occult author and ceremonial magician."

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday
signs

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Love You,

                                   cloudia



Bathroom This Way:

Look Over and Around Obstacles

A     L    O    H    A   !   

7:10 am

The best way to live your life is to go 

to the other side of the rainbow young, 

but at a very old age.

         Craig D. Slovak

1973 Toyota

Youth is the best time to be rich; 

and the best time to be poor.

                 Euripides

The mind is its own place, and in itself 

can make a Heav’n of Hell, 

a Hell of Heav’n. 

           John Milton

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When riding a motorcycle [or bicycle]

it is important NOT to 

focus on holes and bumps ahead.

Notice them, then invest your attention

in the path around and through them.

Your path follows your gaze.

Notice what is happening.

But FOCUS on Peace,

Neighborliness, 

riding on safely.

Do not let

where you do not want to go

fill your eye, thoughts, heart.

Or you will go there.

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Love You,

                                            cloudia

                     [ licensed motorcyclist 51 years next June]

Gently Walking Home

A   L   O   H   A  !

What can we gain by sailing to the moon

 if we are not able to cross the abyss that 

separates us from ourselves? 

This is the most important of 

all voyages of discovery.

        Thomas Merton

Gently direct your mind.

Steady your attention

on that which you choose:

The reality to be

Real-ized.

It is all about the

person you desire to Be.

Do not seek to dam the flow.

Ignore the mental traffic;

Let it roll on, while you

gently return and hold

what you seek before your

inner eye.

Taming Ego, nothing less,

takes patience more than strength.

One day at a time.

If you are trying,

you are trying too hard.

Sit in the cave that is you.

and be surprised

as the light grows within.

Your private meditating time

will become a lovers rendezvous.

Every time, the person you become

grows into the person you are.

You grow effortlessly

because it's really not

about effort.

Just go every day to 

sit with your best self,

and you will come to wonder

if you were ever

anyone less.

Simply dwell on what you seek

as if it is Here & Now.

Until It Is.

Things in the world

may be known.

Things of the Spirit

you must Become.

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Love You,

                                       cloudia

Sources

A  L  O  H  A !

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, 

but sometimes your smile can be 

the source of your joy.

         Thich Nhat Hanh

If you just want to make it through the day, 

that's what you get. You will have the 

satisfaction of just making it through your day. 

But if you dare to muse on more, 

more will find a way to you.

Souls love. That’s what souls do. 

Egos don’t, but souls do. 

Become a soul, look around, 

and you’ll be amazed-

all the beings around you 

are souls. Be one, see one. 

It’s one energy.

       Ram Dass

Linking to:

Skywatch

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Love You,

                                   cloudia

View From 254 Miles High

A  L  O  H  A !

I like this spot in Waikiki and photo it a lot.

"I take my time. I want to be

myself. I don't deny myself in

the here and now. 

This is our

practice-we call it aimless-

ness. We don't put a goal in

front of ourselves and run after

it constantly. If we do, we'll be

running all our life and never

be happy. 

Happiness is possible

only when you stop running
and cherish the present
moment and who you are. Who
you are is already a wonder; you
don't need to be someone else.

You are a wonder of life."

            Thich Naht Hanh

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Love You,

                                cloudia

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