Keeping Out of The Kingdom of Confusion

A    L    O    H    A   !

The moon across the way

does not compare herself

with previous moons.

She is fully herself,

exists today.

There is no time to her.

But the other way around!

Nature is satisfied,

and satisfies the wise,

in every moment alike.

You'd find it easier 

to be bad than good if 

you had red hair.

     L. M. Montgomery

 For now let us not roam

but remain at home

with the vast interior sea.

Not looking for a few cups to buy!

All-Treasure lies within

for each to discover.

You may call it

the Kingdom of Heaven.

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

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I Do & So Do You

A   L   O   H   A  !

When I was young I needed sexual ecstasy or a 

hike to the top of a mountain to experience bliss. 

Now I can feel it when I look at a 

caterpillar on my garden path.

           Anonymous

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. 

Grace is treating yourself, others, and 

even inanimate objects with respect.

          Kamand Kojouri

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

 Ask a child, or 

a younger adult,

if they know more about life

and about themselves

this year than they did last.

No one ever feels

that they have not learned

something in the past year.

And yet Youth feels wiser.

While they see change closer up,

it's true, they lack the long

context that repetitions teach.

I may seem and behave

like your idea of a sweet,

or trying senior. But the

experience and context

are not yours yet

to understand.

That's fine.

I Do.

            

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My Street Beat

A   L   O   H   A  !

Plumeria/Frangiapani

A photographer is an acrobat 

treading the high wire of chance, 

trying to capture shooting stars.

          Guy Le Querrec

The marvels of daily life are exciting; 

no movie director can arrange the 

unexpected that you find in the street.

                   Robert Doisneau

You can’t depend on your eyes 

when your imagination 

is out of focus.

          Mark Twain

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Our World Tuesday

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

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Travel Tuesday

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday

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Fear Not

A    L    O    H    A  !

Too many of us are not 

living our dreams because 

we are living our fears. 

           Les Brown

Angry People, Frightened People-

Do Not Make Good Decisions.

Challenge Your Anxieties.

They Are Mythical Beasts.

Emotion Only Makes Things Worse.

Practice Maintaining A Space,

A Sacred Space,

Your Seven Second Delay.

Angry People, Frightened People

Make Horrible Decisions.

If We Are Kept Angry

We Will Not See The Truth.

Sanity Serves Yourself

And All Of Us.

Calm Down And Cultivate It.

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Love You,

My Friend!

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Into - Not Just At

A   L   O   H   A  !

Last March: Marin CA

The battles that count aren't the ones 

for gold medals. 

The struggles within yourself 

- the invisible, 

inevitable battles inside all of us - 

that's where it's at. 

     Jesse Owens

You must look into other people

as well as at them.

Lord Chesterfield

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The World globes itself in a drop of dew.

So do we put our life into every act. 

             Emerson

"Olympia"

That hurt we embrace becomes joy. 

Call it to your arms where it can change. 

        Rumi

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Saturday Critters

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"Kind of the most important painting of the 19th century" by moacirpdsp is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Paws Pause

A   L   O   H   A !

If you can attain repose and calm, 

believe that you have seized happiness.

            Julie-Jeanne-Eleonore de Lespinasse

Art & Reflections Delight

The highest form of ignorance 

is when you reject something 

you don't know anything about. 

           Wayne Dyer

If we always look back, we 

lose sight of what's ahead.  

          Justin Sims

Pause For An Angel To Pass

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Weekend Reflections

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

Camera Critters

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Plumeria and Strelitzia nicolai

A     L     O     H     A   !

Cluster of Plumeria atop a branch Link

Not knowing when 

the dawn will come, 

I open every door.

         Emily Dickinson  

 Strelitzia nicolai  Link

The World globes itself

in a drop of dew.

So do we put our

life into every act.

     Emerson

Life may not be the party we hoped for, 

but while we're here we should dance.

         Grandma Proverb

 Rooster in Waikiki

That soul, which within us is a sentiment,

outside of us is a law. We feel it’s inspiration;

out there in history we can see it’s fatal strength. . . Justice is not postponed. A perfect equity

adjusts it’s balance in all parts of life.

The dice of God are always loaded.

Emerson

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Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

   

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