Joy We Take

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Life is not a pleasure cruise.

We often sail on stormy seas.

But that's the glory of it,

gaining our sea legs and

staying the course.

There are moments

of great beauty,

days, sometimes longer.

Growing confidence

in our sea skills

takes satisfaction from

even the stormiest days.

Nothing but smooth sailing

would kill our spirit.

The joy we take in growing

makes the sunny days

more beautiful and

the storms bearable.

Let's sail on together

in our vast flotilla.

Angels like seabirds

swarm above us

and know the way

to safe harbor.

Let's follow them.

Turn your face to the sun and

the shadows fall behind you. Maori Proverb 

බබබබබබබබබච

Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

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Renew your mind
every morning with
pure thoughts.
Lailah Gifty Akita

Back Street Still Life

Step onto a clean slate

each morning and you

will be miles ahead

of the rest.

   Michelle C. Ustaszeski

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I get up every morning and
it's going to be a great day.
You never know when
it's going to be over so
I refuse to have a bad day.
Paul Henderson

Levitating Paw

One morning I shot an

elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my

pajamas I'll never know. Groucho Marx

𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩵𐩾

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Just For You

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, do you like it? I did it just for you. Max Lucado

It was only a sunny smile,

and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and

made the day worth living. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Remember You are stronger than you think. Your heart is bigger than you know.

Pause- For an Angel To Pass

Somehow, always, everything is okay when it's just the two of us alone together. Nina Lane

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Cloudia & Pixie

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What The World Needs NOW

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

 U.S. Armed Forces Saying

[Just the trace of a rainbow

unseen when I shot this]

Do it quickly

without hurrying.

Restaurant Kitchen Saying

We have seasons when we flourish

and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again. Katherine May

Always wear a smile.
The gift of life will then
be yours to give.
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

"Look For Unnoticed Rainbows!"

𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐐌𐑅𐐝

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The Only Choice

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We can only face one

direction at a time.

We are either

looking at the sun, or

looking into the dark.

I didn't always understand

this choice. But

have learned that when

I look to the sun

I am filled with light.

When I look to the dark

and to my fears,

everything only gets darker.

Rage against dark by

turning your back on it.

 You have purpose

and meaning,

your time is coming,

keep going and don't

listen to the noise,

everyone has an opinion,

have they built anything? Kalman Samuels

Every day we have a choice.

How you see the world

determines the world you see.

Look for the good.

See the possibilities.

Remember, challenges

are opportunities. Jon Gordon

Real religion is the

transformation of

anxiety into laughter.

Alan Watts

𑄣𑄣𑄣𑄣𑄣𑄗𑄣𑄣𑄣𑄣𑄤𑄹

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Glorybower Starburst

A L O H A From Honolulu!

 In everyone's life, at some time,
our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame
by an encounter
with another human being... 

...We should all be thankful
for those people who rekindle
the inner spirit.
 Albert Schweitzer

* About this plant (and above)

Every day that is born into the world

 comes like a burst of music, and rings

 the whole day through, and you make of it

 a dance, a dirge, or a life march, 

as you will.

  Thomas Carlyle 

Don't underestimate the value

of Doing Nothing,

 of just going along, listening

to all the things you can't

hear, and not bothering.

    Winnie the Pooh

If you come at four 

in the afternoon, 

I'll begin to be 

happy by three. 

      Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Pixie & Cloudia

* quadriloculare  fireworks plant, Philippine glorybower, shooting star or starburst bush, a species of flowering plant native to New Guinea and the Philippines.

Nothing Better

A L O H A From Honolulu!

There is nothing better than

to be happy and enjoy ourselves

as long as we can. And people

should eat and drink and enjoy

the fruits of their labor, for

these are gifts from God.

     Ecclesiastes

From every human being

there rises a light that

reaches straight to heaven. 

   Baal Shem Tov

40% of Hawaii's first-time visitors

have never seen an ocean before.

PBS, Hawaii

Better keep yourself clean

and bright: you are the

window through which

you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw

 If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in. Rachel Carson

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Cloudia & Pixie

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