Thursday, June 4, 2020

Most Of Them Never Happened

A   L   O   H   A !
Accept in an 

unruffled spirit that 

which is inevitable.

          Seneca









I’ve suffered a great 

many catastrophes 

in my life. 

Most of them 

never happened.

    Mark Twain 








Are Railings Little Fences?

With lies you may 

go ahead in the world, 

but you can never go back.

       Russian Proverb








One may study 

calligraphy at eighty.

Japanese Proverb






We can keep our eyes open,
We can and should find ways to help.
Voting matters most of all!

But sacrificing our peace of  mind
is useless idolatry, as if giving up our
calm well-being can somehow send it
where needed. 

Silly when looked at that way.

Rest your anchor in your values.

Sure, anchors wiggle in the current
sometimes, but if yours 
is not holding, you may need 
to plant it deeper,
perhaps in a slightly
different place.

Be a holder of the Right.
Hold it quiet and high.
Don't squabble
with squabblers.
It's all they have.
Refuse to play.
But set your eyes
on the rising
better day.

Rededicate yourself to 

YOUR passionate quests.






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                       cloudia & Pixie

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Street Faces

A   L   O   H   A  !
There are no 

bad pictures; that’s 

just how your face 

looks sometimes.

Abraham Lincoln








Don't laugh at 

a youth for 

his affectations; he 

is only trying on 

one face after another 

to find his own.

    Logan Pearsall Smith










We are all faced with 

a series of 

great opportunities 

brilliantly disguised as

impossible situations.

     Charles Swindoll 










You never find yourself 

until you face the truth.     

Pearl Bailey









There are some 

masters from whom 

you can learn 

good things.

Streets are one 

of those masters.

Mehmet Murat ildan












Find acquaintance 

with silence. 

Go inside, delve 

into your heart. 

Take a day off 

from the clamor.

Rumi



What we achieve 

inwardly will change 

outer reality.

Plutarch


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You 

Make It A Party!

Fondly, 

                   cloudia & Pixie

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Bite At A Time

A   L   O   H   A  !
I'm a history buff, 

and right now we're 

sitting on one of 

the most dramatic 

historical shifts that 

this planet has ever 

seen and we have a 

front row seat for it. 

James Daly









One day is worth a

thousand tomorrows.

Benjamin Franklin









Signs

Owning or firing a gun
is almost impossible
in Japan, requiring
many, many regulations.
So this is an attraction
to visitors from Japan.









I try to take it 

one day at a time, but

sometimes several days 

attack me at once.     

Ashleigh Brilliant









I'm still growing 

I take each day, 

one day-at-a-time. 

I'm always thinking 

and dreaming. As 

long as this heart 

keeps beating, there 

will be new things 

coming along.     

Roy Haynes




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The old hunters ask:

How do you eat

an elephant?

One bite at a time.

Now we understand

why "May you

live in interesting

times." is not a

blessing but a curse.

But it sure 

is INTERESTING!

You Hang In There.

Things have a way

of working out

for those who

remain calm.

                                       Pixie & cloudia



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Monday, June 1, 2020

Still

A   L   O   H   A  !
They deem me mad 

because I will not sell 

my days for gold; and 

I deem them mad 

because they think 

my days have a price.

Khalil Gibran












Older people are good 

at learning to regulate 

their lives in ways to 

maximize positive life 

experiences, do things 

that are enjoyable, rather 

than doing things 

you have to do.

     Richard Schulz











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The excellent makes 

great demands 

upon himself, 

the common makes 

no demands 

on himself. 

     Jose Ortega y Gasset












Those whom 

we most love 

are often the 

most alien to us.

    Christopher Paolini











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Change

in all things 

is sweet.

      Aristotle




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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Already There

A  L  O  H  A !
A smile is the 

universal welcome.

        Max Eastman











Sometimes, days and 

months of conversation 

cannot do what an 

hour of play can achieve. 

It might take an 

hour of play to 

know a person, real person 

lurking behind the mask.

 Pragya Tiwari










The most important trip 

you may take in life 

is meeting people 

half way.

 Henry Boyle










She had blue skin,

And so did he.

He kept it hid

And so did she.

They searched for blue

Their whole life through,

Then passed right by-

And never knew.

   Shel Silverstein










Be patient, and 

presently the fog 

will clear and that 

which has always 

been there can 

be seen. 

The path is already 

there to follow.

        Rasheed Ogunlaru



We're all 

just walking 

each other 

home.

      Ram Dass



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Love You,
                          cloudia & Pixie

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Inner Win, Winner IN

A   L   O   H   A  !
Our capacity to

consider ideas

different from

the way we

"just feel it to be"

gives us the chance

to grow, to become

more than we 

already are.






When this ability

to consider

is bullied by

powerful emotion

we lose something

very precious.





The answer is not

to be emotionless.

But to experience

every emotion

like a symphony

of being human.

Hand in hand with

what is true, not

what we'd prefer.





Weak arguments

must be loud.

Truth comes like

Spring!

Volume is just

counterfeit persuasion.









You Are

What You 

Think.

So use the privilege

to build on facts

not attractive fallacies.







Kindness is an inner desire 

that makes us want to 

do good things even if we 

do not get anything

in return. 

It is the joy of our life 

to do them. 

When we do good things 

from this inner desire, 

there is kindness in 

everything we think, 

say, want, and do.

                  Swedenborg



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You Are The Reason!

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Friday, May 29, 2020

Your Play

A  L  O  H  A !

Better than a 

thousand hollow words,

 is one word that 

brings peace.

                      Buddha 













Life is like a mirror, 

we get the best results 

when we smile at it.









Asian Flower Beetle

Any foolish child 

can stamp on a beetle, 

but all the professors 

in the world cannot 

make a beetle.

           Schopenhauer












The moon is 

a friend for

the lonesome

to talk to.

        Carl Sandburg










What saves one 

is to take a step. 

Then another step. 

It is always the same step, 

but you have to take it.

   Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 
                                      Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939




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You Make a 

Difference.

WHAT difference 

you make is 

in your power!

Fondly, 
                      pixie & cloudia

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