Better Not Bitter

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Obstacles are a sign

you're doing something

you care about and

that matters to you.

  Sharon Pearson

What matters is

that we let our lives

be guided by Love.

  Peter M Parr

Lily Stamen Anthers

on Filaments

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One joy scatters a hundred griefs.

Chinese proverb

Manu O Ku Chick

(White Tern) *

I see a cat

down there

Never let hard lessons

harden your heart;

the hard lessons

of life are meant to

make you better,

not bitter. Roy T. Bennett

ꙜꙜꙜꙜꙜꙜꙜꙜꙜꚀ

Gung Hee Fat Choy!

Wishing You Health & Prosperity

In The Year of the Water Tiger!

Cloudia & Pixie

"Feeling So Lucky,

We Turned Purple!"

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Simple Joy is Beyond Compare

A L O H A From Honolulu!

In one of his letters, Seneca

remarks that he began his journey

already shipwrecked. Meaning he

was traveling exceedingly light,

such as one might be equipped

after escaping from a

sinking ship with only

necessities quickly grabbed.

Giant Tumble

We are all traveling light now,

some near -- some far

but traveling we are

from the old times

to the new world.

    

Orchid Rumble

Simple pleasures still apply.

Ride light in the saddle.

Trust that predawn

enlightening

of the sky.

Cloud Reflection for your inspection

A little stream came tumbling

from the height, And struggling

into ocean as it might.

Its bounding crystal frolick'd

in the ray, And gush'd from

cliff to crag with saltless spray.

     Lord Byron

Gobsmacked!

Cassia Blossoms on the Rack

The golden moments in 

the stream of life rush past us,

and we see nothing but sand;

the angels come to visit us,

and we only know them

when they are gone.

   George Eliot

My Domestic Maniac

I loved you dearly, Stone Fish Lake,

With your rock-island shaped like a swimming fish!

On the fish’s back is the Wine-cup Hollow

And round the fish,—the flowing waters of the Lake.

The boys on the shore sent little wooden ships,

Each made to carry a single cup of wine.

The island-drinkers emptied the liquor-boats

And set their sails and sent them back for more.

On the shores of the Lake were jutting slabs of rock

And under the rocks there flowed an icy stream.

Heated with wine, to rinse our mouths and hands

In those cold waters was a joy beyond compare!

By Yüan Chieh [Circa a.d. 740-770;

Underappreciated contemporary of Li Po]

𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐑀𐐬𐐗

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Utility Graces

A    L    O    H    A  !

Three Graces

I was tired of seeing the Graces always 

depicted as beautiful young things. 

I think wisdom comes with age and 

life and pain. And knowing what matters.

                              Louise Penny

Reflections Remember Return

- according to the graces we have received. . .

let us not be ashamed or slow

to do the humble work. 

                  Mother Teresa

Flower Sun

Set wide the window, 

let me drink the day.

            Edith Wharton

 Sun Flower

Extraordinary afflictions are not always 

the punishment of extraordinary sins, but 

sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. 

                Matthew Henry

Lighted Tower

The secret was to just be cool, 
stay in God's graces, and 
work it out. 
        Solomon Burke

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  Love You,

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Wait! Wait! I'm not ready!

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Upturn

A   L   O   H   A  !

- just remember, the storm doesn't last forever. 

It can scare you; it can shake you to your core. 

But it never lasts. The rain subsides, the thunder dies, 

and the winds calm to a soft whisper. And that moment 

after the storm clouds pass, when 

all is silent and still, you find peace. 

Quiet, gentle peace.

                   S.L. Jennings

Peace is the result of retraining your mind 

to process life as it is, rather than 

as you think it should be.     

           Wayne W. Dyer

Worry does not empty 

tomorrow of its sorrows, it

empties today of its strength.

Corrie ten Boom

So don't be frightened, dear friend, 

if a sadness confronts you larger than any 

you have ever known, casting its shadow 

over all you do. You must think that 

something is happening within you, 

and remember that life has not forgotten you; 

it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. 

Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, 

since you don't know what work 

they are accomplishing within you?”

Rainer Maria Rilke, 

Letters to a Young Poet

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No.

This is not a

weather report 

of my moods!

Thank You for Caring

By seeking

and sharing

these truths with you,

I maintain my perspective.

So Glad we do!

Love You,

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Always

A  L  O  H  A !

Hang on to your hat. 

Hang on to your hope. 

And wind the clock, for 

tomorrow is another day.

             E.B. White

Show me someone who has 

done something worthwhile, and 

I'll show you someone who 

has overcome adversity.

    Lou Holtz

We become wiser by adversity; 

prosperity destroys our 

appreciation of the right.

                  Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There is no education like adversity.

                    Benjamin Disraeli

I am the bended, but not broken. 
I am the power of the thunderstorm. 
I am the beauty in the beast. 
I am the strength in weakness. 
I am the confidence in 
the midst of doubt. 
I am Her!

       Kierra C.T. Banks

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Just remember:
The scariest demons
of darkest night
fade in the glory
of morning's good light!
                            Warmly, cloudia

Someone Important

A  L  O  H  A !

That's how it works: someone important 

believes in us, loudly and with conviction 

and against all substantiation, and over time, 

we begin to believe, too - not in our shot at perfection, 

mind you, but in the good enough version 

of us that they have reflected.

             Kelly Corrigan

Silence and reflection 

cause no dejection.

                           German Proverb

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Kings may be 

judges of the earth, 

but wise people are 

the judges of kings.

             Gabirol, Ibn

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Thank YOU

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