Life Is

A   L   O   H   A  !

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Dove

" Life is 

a series of natural

 and spontaneous 

changes. -

Pink Shell Ginger

- Don't resist them - 

that only creates 

sorrow. -

Red Ginger

- Let reality 

be reality. -

- Let things flow 

naturally forward

 in whatever way 

they like. "

                           Lao Tzu  

Let's play!

Fill in the blank

with one word:

" Life is ______ "

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Night Charm for You

A   L   O   H   A  !

"  From Ghoulies and ghosties 

and long-leggety beasties 

And things that go bump

 in the night, 

Good Lord, deliver us."

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Palace of Pile

A   L   O   H   A  !
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" Life loves 

to be taken by

 the lapel and told,

 'I'm with you kid.

 Let's go.' "

Maya Angelou

Any piece of writing,

from a letter to a book

can fly or

it can fail.

It might be a Palace

of  Thought, Wonder,

Delight.

Or it may be

just a pile of words,

taking the same hours 

of assembly 

but never taking off.

Think of a violin.

(Did you HEAR 

a violin when you

thought of it?)

A woman good with

tools, could cut,

shape, polish,

all of the parts

that go into a violin.

But an instrument maker

turns those same parts

into an instrument,

not just a novelty.

It takes more

than piling up words

to make sense, 

to persuade, to heal.

Too many books

are false fronts like a

 pioneer town.

I trust few words.

Among them:

"Thank You, dear Friends"

I like to mean

what I say.

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Mural Monday Honolulu

A   L   O   H   A  !
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All From a Spray Can

"We learn too much 
to ever understand." 

Phil Ochs

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HERE

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A   L   O   H   A  !

" To worry is a sin. 

Only one sort of worry 

is permissible; 

to worry because 

one worries. "

Hasidic Saying

Shadow and it's Palm

" Where love rules,

 there is no will to power;

 where power predominates,

 there love is lacking. 

The one

is the shadow 

of the other. "

Carl Jung 

Peeking Through Spread Fingers

" Hope

 is like the sun, 

which, as we journey

 toward it, 

casts the shadow 

of our burden 

behind us. "

 Samuel Smiles 

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Those Who Know

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" Who angers you 

conquers you. "

Elizabeth Kenny

" We are each of us 

angels 

with only one wing, 

and we can only fly 

by embracing

 one another. "

Lucretius 

Those who speak,

 don't know fully.

Those who know more 

rarely speak,

and then with gentle

humility.

Pity modern ears,

tempered by scorching

sales and

frantic self promotion,

deaf to confident

tranquility.

Words that matter

carry weight,

to be sprinkled like salt,

not a barrage gorging

 the Truth

for profit.

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We Are Instruments

A   L   O   H   A  !

Schoolyard with Palm Grove [click to see children]

" “On a bad day, 
I have mood swings - 
but on a good day, 
I have the whole 
mood playground ”

 Charles Rosenblum

Consider the Birds, or

Here We Are Again [click to see mother in law]

" It is not wealth 

one asks for, 

but just enough 

to preserve one's dignity, 

to work unhampered, 

to be generous, 

frank and independent. "

W. Somerset Maugham

Cloud Whale Cavorting in a Dreamy SeaSky

" There is only one step
 from the sublime
 to the ridiculous. "

Napoleon Bonaparte 

Run it up the flag pole


" Give thanks for 
unknown blessings
 already 
on their way. "

Native American saying

" There can be no 
transforming of darkness 
into light and 
of apathy into 
movement 
without emotion. "


Carl Jung

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