Saturday Elation - Waikiki Edtion

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"The modes of divine

 presence in the world

 are many and 

mysterious. "

                Matthew Myer Boulton

" To be an 

insignificant pedestrian 

on the streets 

Of crazy cities watching, 

watching, and watching. 

To be a smile 

on the face of a woman 

And shine

 in her memory 

As a moment saved 

without planning.” 

           Dejan Stojanovic

Saturday Shopping-

" One never needs

 their humor

 as much as when 

they argue with a 

fool. "

           Chinese Proverb

"Happiness cannot 

come from without. 

It must come 

from within. "

                Helen Keller

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Wandering Pondering

A  L  O  H  A !

"-  perhaps the most persistent call 

is to love one another 

with compassion 

and open arms, 

even and especially 

when we find ourselves 

face to face 

with people we 

don't understand." 

               Matthew Myer Boulton

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For Wandering,

Pondering

Here With Us!

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Quiet World Moments

A L O H A !

“The enlightened give thanks 

for what most people 

take for granted…. 

As you begin to be grateful 

for what most people take for 

granted, 

- the vibration 

of gratitude

 makes you more 

receptive to good 

in your life.” 

           Michael Bernard Beckwith

“There comes a time

 in every life 

when the world gets 

quiet 

and the only thing

 left

 is your heart.” 

                             Sarah Dessen

" I am never

 bored anywhere: 

being bored is

 an insult to 

oneself. "

                      Jules Renard

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Ships and sealing wax and kings

SkyWatch Hawaii

A  L  O  H  A !

" When you grow up by the sea,

 you spend a good deal of time

 looking at the horizon. 

You wonder what on Earth 

the waves might bring - 

" - and where the sea 

might deposit you - 

until one day 

you know 

- you have lived

 between two places, 

the scene of arrival 

and the point 

of departure. "

                           Andrew O'Hagan

Linking to Skywatch 

HERE

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City Stairwell Fence

A  L  O  H  A !

" Every human creature 
is constituted to be 
that profound secret 
and mystery 
to every other. "
Dickens


[In Honor of Our Hostess, TEX]

 Linking to her Good Fences  HERE
                                                                    

"Sincerity

 is the way 

of Heaven."

                Mencius

Site of a miracle? "I can WALK!"

“I think of all

 the thousands of billions

 of steps and missteps

 and chances 

and coincidences 

that have brought

 me here. 

Brought you here, 

and it feels 

like the biggest 

miracle in the world.” 

                       Lauren Oliver

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Open and Closed

A  L  O  H  A !

"The doors we open 

and close each day

decide 

the lives we live." 

           Flora Whittemore

" Keep Hope Alive."

 The Crystal Method

 "-don’t be so sure 

about what lies ahead. -

- There are amazing doors 

that could open.”

        Elizabeth Warren

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for visiting THIS Door!

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Bird of Honolulu

A L O H A !

Honolulu's Official Bird

Manu O Ku

Link

Pairs spend much of the day out at sea
where they are prodigious fishers.
They do not build nests, 
but rest their eggs in 
the natural crotch of trees and branches.
Last I heard, a pair were nesting 
on the grounds of Honolulu's City Hall 
called,  Honolulu Hale

Often Seen in High Aerial Ballet Together

Once you have tasted flight, 

you will forever walk the earth 

with your eyes turned skyward, 

for there you have been, 

and there you will always 

long to return.” 

 Leonardo da Vinci

" You wanna fly, 

you got to give up 

the s**t that 

weighs you down.” 

 Toni Morrison

" Look up at the tree-tops, 

and see how finely 

Nature finishes off her work there.

 See how the pines spire without end 

higher and higher. . . 

Leaves are of more various forms

 than the alphabets 

of all languages put together. . . 

there are hardly two alike, 

and each expresses 

its own character. "

                     Henry David Thoreau

Birds nest on branches, but they know the heights.

 " And sets me on my high places."
2 Samuel 22:34

" Awake. 

Be the witness 

of your thoughts. " 

The Buddha 

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday   HERE

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for flying by!

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