Cornerstone

A   L   O   H   A  !

We act as though 

comfort and luxury were 

the chief requirements of life, 

when all that we need 

to make us happy is 

something to be 

enthusiastic about.

    Charles Kingsley

We learn simply by 

the exposure of living. 

Much that passes for 

education is not education 

at all but ritual. The fact is 

that we are being educated 

when we know it least.

David P. Gardner

Doing what you love 

is the cornerstone of 

having abundance 

in your life. 

     Wayne Dyer

How people treat you 

is their karma; 

how you react 

is yours. 

   Wayne Dyer

I’m very pleased 

to be here. 

Let’s face it, 

at my age 

I’m very pleased 

to be anywhere.

     George Burns   

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Never Too Many

A  L  O  H  A !

Oahu Morning.

Ko`olau Mountains

from Kapiolani Blvd;

Honolulu

Solitude is the soil in 

which genius is planted, 

creativity grows, and 

legends bloom; 

-faith in oneself 

is the rain 

that cultivates a hero 

to endure the storm, 

and bare the genesis 

of a new world, 

a new forest.

    Mike Norton

The art of life is 

to know how to 

enjoy a little and 

to endure much.

William Hazlitt

Endure everything with 

enthusiastic hope.

enjoy, endure.

Lailah Gifty Akita

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Some of us care

about our neighbors.

Some really only

care about themselves.

The tricky and self-serving 

try to seem angels of light.

Fooling good, 

simple people

who then are lured

farther and far from 

simple good.

We all have a 

self preservation instinct

but not all have a 

civic and moral anchor.

Fewer seem to realize

HOW these two 

dance together.

Words only go so deep.

Let your conscience

be your guide.

Be a witness

not a reactor.

Together

up the ladder.

The can never be

too many angels.

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Being True

A   L   O   H   A  !

The good life is 

a process, not a 

state of being. 

It is a direction 

not a destination. 

    Carl Rogers

We are eager 

judges for the 

mistakes of others, but 

very good defense lawyers 

for our own mistakes.

Nicky Gumbel

 Mise en Abyme  

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Children learn more 

from what you are,

than what you teach.

    W. E. B. Du Bois

The happiness of your life 

depends upon the quality 

of your thoughts: 

therefore, guard 

accordingly, 

and take care that you 

entertain no notions 

unsuitable to virtue and 

reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius

The only way 

to find yourself 

is when you start 

being true to 

everyone around you.

      Anonymouse

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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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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

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.

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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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