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ALOHA!

"There are two types of people:
 Those who come into a room

 and say,
 'Well, here I am!',
and those who say,
'Ah, there you are.'"

Frederick L. Collins

 

" I try to be like the latter.
 I do everything in my power
 to avoid the former. "
 

Carmi Levy

“ Knowing is not enough;

 we must apply. 

Willing is not enough; 

we must do.”

 Goethe

" When there is no enemy

 within,

 the enemies

 outside cannot

 hurt you. "

 African Proverb

" The foolish man

 lies awake all night

 thinking of his many

 problems; 

 when the morning comes

 he is worn out 

and his trouble is 

just as it was. "

 Norse Proverb

" I never feel age..

.If you have 

creative work,

 you don't have

 age or time. "

 Louise Nevelson

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adds an irreplaceable element 

to my day: YOU!  

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The Difference YOU Make

A    L    O    H    A   !

" Barack and I 

see a future where

 no one—no one—

is forced to live

 in the shadows

 of intolerance."

US Vice President Biden

" For Barack,

 success is not measured

 by how much

 money you earn,

 but the

 difference 

you make

 in people's lives.  "

 Michelle Obama

" Romney calls

 young people like Benita

 'illegal aliens.' 

President Obama calls them

 'dreamers.' 

That's the 

difference

 in this election."  

Cristina Saralegui

" Under Obama,

 renewable energy production

 has doubled." 

"Here's another jobs score.

 Obama: 250,000.

 Romney: Zero." 

"Here's another jobs score.

 President Obama: + 4.5 million.

 Congressional Republicans: Zero."

"President Obama started

 with a much weaker economy

 then I did

 ... no one could have

 fully repaired

 all the damage

 that he found 

in just four years."

Bill Clinton

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Memory, Movies

A   L   O   H   A   !

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 " There's no fence 

nor hedge

 around time that is

 gone.  

You can go back 

and have 

what you like

 of it,

 if you can 

remember. "

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

 “ I find

 that the further I go

 back,
the better

 things were,
 whether they

 happened
 or not.”

 Mark Twain

 “Strangely enough,
 this is the past
 that somebody

 in the future
 is longing
 to go back to”

 Ashleigh Brilliant 

 
   “ I can't go back

 to yesterday -
 because I was

 a different person

 then ”

 Lewis Carroll

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Just as music does,

or a book we once loved,

movies take us

back in time

to the person we were

when we met them.

I just watched

'The Bird Man Of Alcatraz'

with Burt Lancaster.

Saw it in the theater.

Back then, when choosing,

a film, one might ask:

"Is it color, or black & white?"

This film is black and white.

The film is also 50 years old!

[ Cue up the 

'flashback memory music' ]

We went to the movies

all the time when I was young.

Dad had been a projectionist

in WWII.

Other dads flew bombers,

mine showed movies.

Seeing a scene

that I saw,

when younger than 10,

the 'Me' of today

watched the 'Me'

I was back then.

What would I tell

that child,

now that I am

both at once, 

all through the

 magic of film?

I remember the car

we had then,

the smell of the rain

riding home in the dark.

Dad was young & strong,

loved & feared,

but riding with him

felt safe

from the mysterious

big wild world

out there.

Watching movies

with dead people:

Dad and child-me.

How can 50 years

 take so long,

yet pass so fast?

Back then I yearned,

and wondered; 

Today I have memories

and know.

Yearning is turning

seasons change,

as I look back

 with tears

that are sweeter

than laughter.

Know what I mean?

 

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Welcome to: Ataraxia

" A state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety."
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 A    L    O    H    A   !

Power Feelings

A    L    O    H    A   !

The power of 

feelings

surpasses

 clever 

dealings.

Emotions

are the fuel

for good,

and for

sad.

Emotion 

wells up

and for a few 

moments,

we have

again

what we

had.

Being human

is a wild ride

but one truth

is true:

tomorrow

will be different

Inside & out

don't meet a

 rout

with a 

pout-

 Smile a while

have a toast!

A cigar!

You got

 THIS far!

 “I will land

 on my feet

 with a

 smile 

on my

 face.”

Diane Cook

“Learn the 

sweet magic

 of a 

cheerful face.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Scintillant

A   L   O   H   A  !

" I’ve loved the stars 

too fondly 

to be fearful

 of the night. "

Galileo

 " You must look

 into other people

 as well as

 at them. "

Lord Chesterfield

" A smile 

is a curve

 that sets everything

 straight. " 

Phyllis Diller

" Never part

 without loving words

 to think of

 during your absence.
It may be that 

you will not meet again

 in this life. "

Jean Paul Richter

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Glass Bottom Boat on my Heart

A    L    O    H    A   !

" Everything beckons to us 

to perceive it,
murmurs 

at every turn 

‘ Remember me! ’
A day we passed,

 too busy to receive it,
will yet unlock us 

all its treasury. "

Rilke

" Use the occasion,

 for it passes 

swiftly. "

Ovid

 " Ancient lovers believed
a kiss
would literally unite
 their souls,
 because the spirit
was said
to be carried
in one's breath. "

Eve Glicksman

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Thank YOU my far-flyers
for coming so far

to rest in 

Waikiki sand
for a while

to share,
to smile,
together

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