Words That Are Their Own Opposites 🏆

A  L  O  H  A !

"Janus word is a word (such as cleave) having opposite or contradictory meanings depending on the context in which the word is used. Also called antilogy, contronym, contranym, autantonym, auto-antonym, and contradictanyma."

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I dusted you with sugar,

then I dusted it up.

Your cat should be fixed,

but I hope You never are!

Hold me up high,

but never  hold me up.

I bolt you to my heart,

and will never bolt away!

You were the garnish

in my feast of life,

until your salary 

was garnished.

Familiarity breeds contempt. 

But home is where the heart is. 

And  Opposites attract. 

While birds of a feather 

flock together. 

See? Easy!

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Thank YOU

Friend!

                Fondly, cloudia

Step Outside

A  L  O  H  A !

Step outside - everything changes;

Senses rise to finer ranges.

Bobbing on a Summer breeze

Ducks come and go, quacking as they please.

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There is no wrong to think no wrong:

Worry’s weak - contentment strong.

So what if a piece of the puzzle is lost?

All we require is on our hearts embossed.

cloudia

Linking to
Our World Tueday

Thank YOU

for Stepping Here

Friend!

Changes Blowing

A  L  O  H  A !

I know the sound, and feel,

of hurricane winds,

their push and howling

shriek.

I have worked

twelve hours

for seven days,

week after week.

[After week]

I've felt the lava flow,

and seen it part,

known hotter burning

in the channels

of my heart.

Too young

too long

too empty of song.

I've seen it and done it

except what comes next but

have learned in that absence:

it pays to remain un-vexed.

Change is blowing

and a nice breeze it is

you will notice in time

but don't worry:

no pop quiz!

" I'm looking for 
 Saturday's Critters! "

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Thank YOU

for being a

precious part

of my day!

                     Fondly cloudia

Roll On Catharsis

A  L  O  H  A !

"  The thing 
that is really hard,

 and really amazing,

 is giving up 

on being perfect

 and beginning the 

work of

becoming yourself. "

                                          Anna Quindlen

" There is nothing like

 returning to a place

 that remains unchanged

 to find the ways

 in which you 

yourself 

have altered. "

                    Nelson Mandela

"Butterfly Chasing Moon 

Through Silk Waves"

River roll on

Don't provocate

Just keep running

Catharsis will come.

Sooner or later
All that's left
Is the flavor
Of how You
Acted.

So
Deescalate! Flow on!
O River
Looking for
Your
Breakthrough.

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Thank GOODNESS
hurricanes pass,
tsunamis peter out,
life's storms always break
sooner or later.

We come out 
the other side
awed, & cleansed.

So Celebrate, Friends!
Roll On
                          Fondly, cloudia

So Soar and Sparkle

A  L  O  H  A !

Our lives are rainbows

in reverse

footed in Heaven

passing through Earth.

Our colors and flavors

deepen as we arch

through plenty and longing,

oasis and parch.

So soar and sparkle

in your sun:

Unique, You

0ne and 0nly

Like every  

other 0ne.

Thank YOU

for Sparkling

here!

                   Warmly, cloudia

Uncertainty's Universal Antidote

A  L  O  H  A !

We all have to live 

with uncertainty.

This is the basis of all religion,

philosophy, and politics;

Ultimately it is the test

of our Mature Humanity.

Linking to
Weekend Reflections

I have discovered

a Universal Antidote

to the problems of uncertainty:

Kindness today,

Kindness tomorrow,

Kindness forever!

What more poetic times

called

PANACEA.

Pan - All

Akos - Healing

Catholicon

Elixir

Nostrum

Theriac -

" Ah, great it is 

to believe the dream 

as we stand in youth 

by the starry stream; 

but a greater thing 

is to fight life 

through and say 

at the end, 

the dream is true! "

                Edwin Markham

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(='.'=)

(")_(")

Thank YOU!

            fondly, cloudia

*  "Mithridatium and the related product Theriac were both regarded from the time of their original formulations in the 2nd Century BC and the 1st Century AD respectively, until the mid 18th Century as universal panaceas. Any failure of these products to achieve the desired therapeutic result was attributed to defective composition or manufacture. "  Link

Final Word for Janus

A  L  O  H  A !

“A single word can brighten the face

of one who knows the value of words.

Ripened in silence, a single word

acquires a great energy for work.

War is cut short by a word,

and a word heals the wounds,

and there’s a word that changes

poison into butter

and honey.

Let a word mature inside yourself.

Withhold the unripened thought.

Come and understand 
the kind of word

that reduces money 
and riches to dust.

Know when to speak a word

and when not to speak at all.

A single word 
turns the universe of hell

into eight paradises.

Follow the Way. Don’t be fooled

by what you already know. Be watchful.

Reflect before you speak.

A foolish mouth can brand your soul.

. . . 

Only the word “I”

divides me from God.” 

                                                    Yunus Emre


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Thank You!
                  Fondly, cloudia

Snow Day Vog Day

A  L  O  H  A !

" There's room in this world

for beauty to be diverse. "

                         Lupita Nyong`o

Auburn, Brunette & Blonde are NOT diversity of beauty! LOL!

" Life itself 

is the most 

wonderful fairy tale. "

                          Hans Christian Andersen

" People who are 'ready' 

give off a 

different vibe 

than people who 

aren't. "

Hugh Macleod

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I remember

Snow Days.

Blessings

from above.

Respite

from school.

Days we all 

Love!

Adventure

from the sky,

piled so high,

scattering bright light

to twinkle the eye.

Playing, sliding,

even a fall -

when we're young

are a nothing at all.

Snow 

was an adventure,

now seems like

indenture.

But SO darn pretty;

At least before

it grows

gritty.

I'm well content

with snow pictures

You show!

They bring a nice glow

of winters long ago

that helped me to grow.

[I'm one of those

who CAN DRIVE

in the snow!]

Today, we have VOG.

Blew up from  Big Isle,

makes me feel like a log.

Gone: smarts and style!

Ancient stuff.

buried for millennia, 

today

are filling me

with some sort

of phlegm-ia!

I'll say it again:

VOG makes me

DUMB;

One's sinuses feel

like a big bass drum!

But don't worry for me

it ain't nothing

but FUN!

Temps in the 70's

and nothing but

SUN!

Soon the Trade Winds

will return,

perfection unearned.

But I'll take it!

Hope you can

make it-

Till then,

Enjoy YOUR

local adventures

wherever You may be!

                    Fondly, from cloudia

(cloudia! 

That's ME!)

 77-78°F = 25-26°C.