Enjoying Dividends

A  L  O  H  A !

Waikiki Flowers

Before you can follow 

your own drummer, 

you have to hear 

the drummer.

   Srikumar Rao

The most innovative designers 

consciously reject the 

standard option,

 and cultivate an appetite 

for thinking wrong.

  Marty Neumeier

Reflections Beyond The Fence, Calif.

Hell, there are no rules here; 

We're trying to accomplish something.

  Thomas Edison

Our mind is

running all the time.

If we do not input

thoughts of beauty,

of what is going right,

joy in the health we have,

gratitude over all like gravy,

the small thieves

will sneak in:

doubts, free floating anxiety,

criticism, disquiet.

Pay attention

to your attention.

This will pay YOU

dividends!

Linking To:

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

Good Fences

Weekend Reflections

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Dare

A  L  O  H  A !

Aviation is proof that given the will, 

we have the capacity to 

achieve the impossible.

 Eddie Rickenbacker

1890-1973

Morning Moon

The sky is the daily 

bread of the eyes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mergansers in N. Calif

Dare to Believe 

in Your Happiness!

Linking To:

Wildbird Wednesday

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To Insure Good Health

A  L  O  H  A !

Eat The Spiral!

Growth is a spiral process, 

doubling back on itself, 

reassessing and regrouping.

Julia Margaret Cameron

Be on the alert to 

recognize your prime 

at whatever time of your 

life it may occur.

Muriel Spark 

To insure good health: 

eat lightly, breathe deeply, 

live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, 

and maintain an interest in life. 

William Londen

Linking To:
Our World Tuesday

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Veterans Salute

A  L  O  H  A !

“Here is your country. Cherish 

these natural wonders, cherish the 

natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. 

Do not let selfish men or greedy interests 

skin your country of its beauty, 

its riches or its romance.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Japanese-American veterans

of World War II, including 60 honorees from our Hawaii received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2011, awarded collectively

to the 100th Infantry Battalion,the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service.

They  served this country with much-noted heroism despite the fact that some had parents and siblings confined to internment camps at a time when Japanese Americans faced distrust unmatched by anything directed towards German Americans.

Jack Nakamura, 88, who was wounded twice

told a Honolulu reporter: 

"That's one reason why I joined, volunteered, too.They were calling me 'Jap' and stuff like that. My mother said, 'No, don't join up.'

But I joined up anyway."

And:

"After all that we went through and all that,

and to be recognized for what we did 

and all that, I'm grateful to the government

for awarding us this medal."

said Takashi Shirakata,

a 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran.

Many of our aging heroes aren't able to attend the Washington events, so a celebration parade was held

for them here in Waikiki 

in December 2011:

Link

Thank You

to the men and women

who care enough

to stand on the wall.

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Believe Cling

A  L  O  H  A !

Aloha Tower, Pier 10 Honolulu Harbor, 

"Late Gothic Revival, Art Deco"

Link

My religion is Love. 

Every heart is my temple. 

Rumi

Honolulu, not San Francisco, New York, or Taipei

 I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps 

and others emphasize my loneliness.

Anais Nin

Blossoms & Blues: Oahu Skies in November

The truth you believe and cling to, 

makes you unavailable to 

hear anything new.

Pema Chödrön

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What Size Your Heart

A  L  O  H  A !

 The most effective 

kind of education

 is that a child should play

 amongst lovely things.

                              Plato

Quotes and Proverbs are little tools 

To keep in your pocket 

for just the right occasion, 

to help you overcome 

just the right obstacle.

A person's world is only 

as big as their heart.

Tanya A. Moore

Linking To:

Saturday Critters

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Simple Joy Instructions

A  L  O  H  A !

"Shou me the way home"

Double Happiness & Longevity Link

Happiness 

cannot be created. 

It exists. 

Learn to feel it.

Tapan Ghosh

Happiness is not the 

absence of problems but the 

ability to deal with them.

Stacey Charter

You lose a lot of time 

hating people. 

Marian Anderson

Find a place inside 

where there's joy, 

and the joy will 

burn out the pain. 

     Joseph Campbell

Linking To:
Shadow Shot Sunday

Weekend Reflections

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

Camera Critters

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