One Step

A   L   O   H   A  !

Dignified Floating Giant

Our little bit can feel insignificant. 

But it is not nothing. It is something. 

Going from zero to one is significant. 

It is important. Millions of little ones, twos, 

and threes make all the big differences 

that are ever made in our world. 

Thank you for being a person who cares. 

Everything is happening all the time. 

Think about it. Today is the worst day ever 

to some, the most promising and exciting 

to others. Life goes on. Value your moments 

and hours. No one can buy more. 

Refusing to despair is a heroic choice. 

Buddha was walking one day with his friends 

when they were approached by an angry homeless man shouting. Buddha witnessed the man's suffering, silently wished him well, and continued on. His friends were amazed at how unruffled he remained throughout the encounter. "If someone offers you something, but you do not take it up, who does it belong to?" 

Buddha asked them.

It remains with the one holding it. 

We have the freedom to say "No thank you." 

No Thank You: to Anger, to Fear, to Hate.

I see you. I will not BE infected by you.

Be a witness. Be kind. Do one thing. 

Politely refuse. Notice the good and beautiful. 

They are everywhere. 

Linking To:

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Love You,

                                 cloudia

Your Bit

A   L   O   H   A  !

Do your little bit of good where you are; 

it's those little bits of good put together 

that overwhelm the world.

   Desmond Tutu

 We're all just walking each other home.

When you know how to listen, 

everybody is the guru.

The quieter you become, 

the more you can hear. 

And suffering is just part of 

our training program.

            Ram Dass 

I have never met a person whose greatest need 

was anything other than real, unconditional love. 

You can find it in a simple act of kindness 

toward someone who needs help. -

- There is no mistaking love; 

it is the common fiber of life,

the flame that heats our soul, 

energizes our spirit and 

supplies passion to our lives.

           Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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I Love You,

                       cloudia

Living Longer

A   L   O   H   A  !

By the time we are 70, 
we have all had more tragedy 
and more bliss in our lives than 
we could have foreseen. 
If we are wise, we realize that we are but one
drop in the great river we call life and that it has 
been a miracle and a privilege to be alive.

           Mary Pipher

Guides come when you're ready to listen; 
no eBay or Amazon link will fetch them. 
You need to invite, not pursue.

       Helen S. Rosenau

Bless military people & families!

They do not decide. They carry out.

Spare a thought - or more - for 

what they offer and at what cost!

North Beach, San Francisco
It is the least privileged, 
not the most, who excel 
in appreciating the 
smallest of offerings.

          Mary Pipher

A Honolulu Mural for Monday

I so appreciate your visit!

Links:

Monday Murals

Our World Tuesday

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

Travel Tuesday




I have decided not to "Age"
Rather, I am simply going to
Live Longer.

Look! I'm Doing It!

I never took the main road,
or the main gate,
and I'm not going to
start now. You?

Love,
                  cloudia

Plate Lunch at Bob's

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Why the did the rainbow cross the road?

To get to the Ala Wai! Link

For the 99 percent of the time we've been 

on Earth, we were hunter and gatherers, 

our lives dependent on knowing the fine, 

small details of our world.  

Deep inside, we still have a longing to be 

reconnected with the nature that shaped 

our imagination, our language, our song 

and dance, our sense of the divine.  

                    Janine M. Benyus

'My Plate Lunch' Link

Bus is going to the Nimitz Gate of Pearl Harbor

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity 

will be of service throughout your life. 

                    Winston Churchill

Can you see the flavorful smoke rising? Link

Hole In The Wall Restaurant:

"Some of these places are weather-beaten shacks, some are tiny storefronts, some are old railcar diners, some are tucked away where you’d least expect them. Some specialize in burgers, some hot dogs, some tacos, some dumplings. 

But they all have a couple things in common: 

They can be considered holes in the wall, 

and they’re all great places to eat."

                             Dan Myers Link

Ah Bob's! 

As an immigrant to Honolulu in the 1980's

I parked my taxi and ate here a lot!

Coming here today, I commune with Honolulu's

grittier, striving side. 

And reconnect with myself. 

Do you have a favorite

little place too? What is it called?

what do you eat there? 

What is a 'hole in the wall'

restaurant called 

where YOU live?

Check out Bob's 

extensive & exotic

menu Here

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Course Correction Underway!

Love You,

                            cloudia

M o v i n g

A   L   O   H   A ! 

The great sea 

Has sent me adrift 

It moves me 

As the weed in a great river 

Earth and the great weather 

Move me 

Have carried me away 

And moved my inward parts with joy.

            Uvavnuk, Eskimo Song

Don't ask God to 

guide your footsteps if you're 

not willing to move your feet. 

                 Unknown

K o i

Rise to the occasion

 which is life! 

Virginia Euwer Wolff 

Linking To:

Saturday Critters

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Love You,

                                cloudia

Agile Fragile Smile

A   L   O   H   A  !

"It occurs to me that the 

peculiarity of most things 

we think of as fragile is 

how tough they truly are...

...There were tricks 

we did with eggs, 

as children, to show how 

they were, in reality, tiny 

load-bearing marble halls; 

while the beat of the wings of a 

butterfly in the right place, 

we are told, can create a 

hurricane across an ocean. 

        Neil Gaiman

Butterfly

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. 

Grace is treating yourself, others, and 

even inanimate objects with respect.

          Kamand Kojouri

Appreciative words are 

the most powerful force 

for good on earth!"

             George W. Crane

If we take care of the moments, 

the years will take care of themselves. 

           Maria Edgeworth

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Young Things, New Things

are fragile.

Old things grow tender as well.

At this time of year,

of Crone & Infant,

Wisdom, Regret, and Insight

share Lordship with the

Fragile, Hopeful & New.

Returning to the framework of routine,

we pick up the first scent

of a new year, new decade.

One thing I know

is gratitude

for coming to this day.

I feel unexpectedly

positive and expectant.

A birdsong is telling me

that things will be better.

Glad You are Here.

Together is better.

Bump, bump bump

we go

down the funny stairs.

                Fondly, cloudia

King Street Morning

A   L   O   H   A  !

Palace Gates

Another fresh new year is here another year to live! to banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give!

            William Arthur Ward

 

Palace was yesterday's final picture -Scroll Up To See!

Too many of us are not 

living our dreams because 

we are living our fears. 

   Les Brown

Bus Stop

Even the strongest blizzards 

start with a single snowflake.

          Sara Raasch

Morning Shadow Play

I see my life as an 

unfolding set of 

opportunities to awaken.

          Ram Dass

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Love You,

                      cloudia

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