When To Move

A  L  O  H  A !

If you are seriously drawn to 

a place you want to live, 

don't tell yourself that 

you will retire there. 

That is too late. 

Move there now, 

live your life there, 

make lifetime friends there, 

have your major victories 

and minor defeats there. 

When you are old, 

it is too late to really 

become PART of the place 

and it's people. Go now. 

Then you can retire as a 

true part the place you love!

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Friend!

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New Light 🏆

A  L  O  H  A !

Banana

"When you understand that 

your feelings are triggered by 

what you think about an event 

and not by the event itself, 

you gain a measure of control. 

 A change in thoughts often 

radically alters your feelings."

         Julie A., M.A. Ross & Judy Corcoran

“An invitation of a beautiful street is 

an invitation to walk within a dream!” 

        Mehmet Murat ildan

“A writer should be able to 

open a window or two 

and prompt others to see 

the world and themselves

 in a new light. 

Anything less is just 

self–indulgence. . . ” 

        Barista Uno Link

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Friend!

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Back in the day.

Glad I got to be involved

in some worthwhile things!

Feels Like Pain BUT It's Not

A  L  O  H  A !

Sometimes

My Heart Aches

For Wonderful Reasons.

Because it is Full

- Too FULL-

Does Your Heart Ache

Like That Sometimes?

Over Full with

 Sunset Moments,

Rich With Miraculous

Atonements.

How Did So Much

Treasure Fall

Within My Lot?

Not lacking Satisfactions

of Struggle For Most of

What I've Got.

Time Now To Rest

Rest With The Best

And Yet So Much To

Accomplish,

So Much To Enjoy.

Simple Really

Boils Down

To A Household 

Basting in Joy.

Enjoy It

While You Got It.

Tomorrow's Another Adventure.

                          Fondly, cloudia

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Thankful Thursday

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If You Know Where To Look

A  L  O  H  A !

 "Set wide the window, 

let me drink the day."

            Edith Wharton

California Scrub Jay

"Hear! hear!" screamed the jay 

from a neighboring tree, 

where I had heard a 

tittering for some time, 

"winter has a concentrated 

and nutty kernel, if you 

know where to look for it." 

              Henry David Thoreau

" Success is following 

the pattern of life 

one enjoys most. "

                       Al Capp

"In the sweetness of friendship 

let there be laughter, and 

sharing of pleasures. 

For in the dew of 

little things the heart finds 

its morning and is refreshed." 

                 Khalil Gibran

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Friend!

       Fondly, cloudia

Older People Tend

A L O H A !

" Older people tend 

to derive more 

of their satisfaction 

from ordinary

 everyday experiences. "

          The Journal of Consumer Research 

" A happy retirement 

isn't just about 

financial security."

           Forbes

[ The Money, Business, Finance Magazine ]

A British study 

of well-being showed

 that, aside from teenagers, 

people of pension age

 — 65 and older —

 had the highest

 life satisfaction . . .

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My head may

be in the clouds.

[Occupational Hazard

for a Cloudia]

Thank You!

Investment & 'Prepping' Advice

A  L  O  H  A !

" Happiness

Always Looks Small

When You Hold It

 In Your Hand -

- But Let It Go,

And You Learn

At Once How

B I G

And How

PRECIOUS

It Is. "

Maxim  Gorky

" Change Happens

By Listening,

And then Starting

A Dialogue

With The People

Who Are Doing Something

You Don't Believe

Is Right. "

Jane  Goodall,

Primate Intelligence Researcher

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I bought General Electric
stock in '08
when there was
"Blood on the streets"
[ that's a link ]
financially.

I figured that
if GE stayed under
$10

We had bigger problems

         than a stagnant stock.

 "General Electric Company 

NYSE: GE-
$8.75  "
2008

    

" General Electric Company

NYSE: GE -  

Mar 15 4:00pm ET 2013

$23.44 "

 

I still hold my shares

and get a small

dividend.

This is an investment,

not a trade.

Someday,

when I need the 

cash value,

I will be in a 

low tax bracket

 

(No, not a multi-billionaire

paying NO taxes - Ha Ha

on the rest of us) 

 

That is the extent

of my investment

knowledge

except to say

that the average person

is better off

investing in something

they can understand.

IF YOU ARE APPROACHED

WITH A GREAT INVESTMENT

WALK AWAY.

 

99% of the time

you have to spot

your own! 

 

Simply Live

 happily

on less than your 

income.

 

Enjoy saving,

MORE than acquiring

more stuff.

 

Do something you 

enjoy, or can stand,

to make a living.

 

You Will Be Financially

SECURE.

(Americans:

you need health

insurance.

In USA

  Medical bills 

cause 62 percent 

of bankruptcies! )

 

If you savor

what is

right before you:

Family / Friends,

health,

food,

weather,

smells,

sights, pets,

events-

you are rich.

  

 

 An Earnest

Recommendation:

DON'T Commute

WITH the creeping Herd!

No matter HOW nice

the yard, or whatever

lures you miles

from work. 

 

Live Against

the flow of 

Rush Hour Traffic.

You'll Thank Me!

 

And if you can:

Walk to Work!

YOUr health,

outlook,

and bank account

will improve! 

 

So when the economy

is teetering

don't sell along 

with everyone else

who is panicking

(again with the herd) 

trying to SELL

for whatever 

they can get.

 

Buy something 

inherently valuable

and it will come back.

 

 

 

 

EMERGENCIES

It never hurts

to be ready for

natural/weather

 'disasters.' 

In fact it is simple,

smart, and

could save lives 

dear to you.

 

At worst

your family

will tease you.

I can take it

for their safety.  

 

  

You don't need 

a bunker.

 

EXAMPLE:

 1 bag of pet food

lasts WEEKS.

 

When I open a new

bag.

I buy a NEW

unopened bag

(not 600).

 

Similar for our

human supplies.  

 

Don't ever rush

to the shops

in a monsoon

for a 'basic'

especially for the 

animals, children,

and elders!

 

So there you go.

Loving advice

because YOU

are precious to me.

 

Now go spread

the Aloha!

 

 

 

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                              Warmly, cloudia