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ALOHA,
             Welcome to Hawaii

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"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism

 in Nature,

 which, if we unconsciously yield to it,

 will direct us aright."

Henry David Thoreau

Aloha on da beach (see it?)

"Forget not

 that the earth delights to feel your bare feet

 and the winds long to play with your hair."

Kahlil Gibran

"That's what (the film) Rocky is all about:

 pride, reputation,

 and not being another bum in the neighborhood."

Sylvester Stallone 

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Has it really been 50 years?

Yes it has,

as of yesterday in fact.

In that time

the world has changed

from:

 "Ask not what your country

can do for you - but what you

can do for your country."

To

"Greed is good."

What happened?

Here is a picture of a far off time.

Some called it Camelot.

To many of us

it was

and remains

a magical 

time:

"The world is very different now.
 For man holds in his mortal hands
 the power to abolish all forms of human poverty
 and all forms of human life. . .

Let the word go forth from this time and place,
 to friend and foe alike,
 that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans --

that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

This much we pledge -- and more.

So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

 I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.



The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it. And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do

 for the freedom of man."


excerpts from

John F. Kennedy's

Inaugural Address

 20 January 1961

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How does that make you feel today?

     Please join us in "comments."  cloudia

With a good conscience our only sure reward,

 with history the final judge of our deeds,

 let us go forth to lead the land we love,

 asking His blessing and His help,

 but knowing that here on earth

 God's work must truly be our own.

Must truly be our own

You & Me.

Throttle Therapy

Thanks for Coming-
                                 ALOHA

Panoramic view off Diamond Head. Tiny surfers show scale.




"I'm just riding the wave
 until it hits the shore."

Joe Schmidt 





 

My Therapist

"Sadness does not inhere in things;

 it does not reach us from the world

 and through mere contemplation of the world.

 It is a product of our own thought.

 We create it out of whole cloth."

Emile Durkheim

Friends along the way. He's caught a lizard!

"Let us permit nature to have her way.

  She understands her business

 better than we do."

Michel de Montaigne

Watching the surf from Diamond Head Road

“I wasn't born a fool.

 It took work to get this way.”


 Danny Kaye 

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I don't need a therapist

because I have a motor scooter.

Throttle thrills,

& motor-driven magic

soon dispel the cobwebs

of the day.

Absorbed by movement

on my motorized walk

I glide

I swoop

wheeling like a hawk.

Passing (aye!) through color

sights

& smells.

The closest thing to flying,

this effortless progress of the eye;

A twist of the wrist

and I'm 

     g o n e. . .  

Home to download the pictures

still running

in my mind.

VroooooM!

Thanks for visiting today.
 What is currently keeping YOU Sane?
Please share in comments :)         cloudia

Above it All

Aloha Dear Guest

"The heart is the best reflective thinker."

Wendell Phillips 

“"If I had a world of my own,  everything would be nonsense.  Nothing would be what it is,  because everything would be what it isn't.  You see?”"

Alice "in Wonderland"

Quite Innocently Displayed

“Life is a great big canvas,

 and you should throw all the paint you can on it.”

 Danny Kaye 

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The National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning

for north and west shores of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Molokai

from noon Wednesday until noon Thursday.

Forecasters say wave faces will be between 25 and 35 feet on Oahu's North Shore.

With light trade winds, conditions look ideal for the most elite of surfers.

Eddie Aikau Surf Invitational organizers told surfers there is a good chance the

"Only when conditions are right" contest 

will run this week at legendary Waimea Bay.

When waves are consistently 25 feet and higher,

the best in the world surf mountains of water.

The last time the contest was held was in December of 2009.

Spectators from around the world always clog traffic on Oahu's North Shore for this event.

But who could blame them? 

For to witness surfing's greatest show

is something never to be 

forgotten!

You can read about Eddie HERE

Thanks for visiting today.
What say YOU?

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Bonus!

Going UP!

chatoyant

means: "changing in luster or color."



Aloha & Welcome Today!

Scientists have looked at the wings of flies and wasps
against white backgrounds for years.
Biologists at Lund University in
Sweden made a breathtaking discovery when they used black
backgrounds: COLOR!
  (from Wired Magazine HERE)

"It takes a long time

to become young."

Picasso

"Power without love

is reckless and abusive.

Love without power

is sentimental and anemic."

Martin Luther King

"We are not enemies

but friends.

We must not be enemies.

Though passion may have strained,

it must not break our bonds of affection."

Abraham Lincoln

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We all long for love.

But once we can see

beyond our own seeking

we notice that others

have the same appetite.

When you willingly become

a source of love

you will never be 

lonely,

infective,

hungry.

As "Kevin" a former athlete

seriously injured and impaired

in an accident told author 

Tom Corwin:

"I became aware that the part of me

that I can control is spirit.

That's what drives me

and it's what makes me feel good.

I'm not saying I'm always happy,

but when I'm less happy

I've learned to witness myself.

I still suffer occasionally ,

but I've developed the tools

to come back to the beauty

and power of spirit."

When we begin to see these things

a formerly Black & White,

win / lose,

 world

shows us a beauty

that we never imagined.

That is my wish today

for you

and for me.

Please join us in "comments"

    and add YOURs!  cloudia

Percolating

Aloha     Welcome      Friend!

Finally,
I seem to have cracked the egg
of the new year. . . .







 . . . I'm beginning to whisk things up
                                         in preparation to COOK!

 Aspirations must dance
                  in perfect step with patience. . . 

. . . in perfect timing.

  You must stand up, must be

          present, must face forward and balance 

           life's ebbs & surges with the skills of a Soul Surfer.


Life's UP!  Thanks for paddling by here:)
                                          Hows YOUR year shaping up? cloudia

Saturday Cartoon

ALOHA!

It's Play Day Saturday :)

"Man is most nearly himself

when he achieves the seriousness

of a child at play."

Heraclitus

"Edison failed 10, 000 times

 before he made the electric light.

Do not be discouraged

 if you fail a few times." 

Napoleon Hill 

"Walking with a friend in the dark

 is better than walking alone in the light."

Helen Keller 

"My wife was afraid of the dark... 

then she saw me naked

 and now she's afraid of the light."

Rodney Dangerfield

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And now for your Saturday cartoon!  This gem features the great Cab Calloway:





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