Friday, July 14, 2023

The More I See The More I Do

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The power to stop all
evil is kindness.
The more evil I see,
the more good I do.
  Ukrainian Saying*


I love this streetscape in Honolulu's
Kalihi-Palama neighborhood
far from the tourists.
This little building is
pink like Tripler Military Hospital
and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
This was the town I drove
taxi in in the 1980's.
A very different town than today
with old folks who remembered WWII
in the Islands, and the plantation life.
I'm very lucky to have known
that 20th Century Honolulu!




Oncidium sphacelatum orchid
ranges from Mexico to
Central America and
southeastern Venezuela,
also known as the
Dancing-L
ady Orchid or
Kandyan Dancer Orchid
in Sri Lanka.


Kandyan dance (Sinhala: උඩරට නැටුම්) encompasses various dance forms popular and native to the area called Kandy of the Central Hills region known as Udarata in Sri Lanka, which have today spread to other parts of the country. It is an example of Sinhalese culture in Sri Lanka.
Wikipedia

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When those close to you
are less than their best,
respond from your patience.
Or things will go downhill fast.



See those close to you
as if they were
already perfect.
Then they will
steadily improve.



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* Put space between yourself and evil
as you are able.
Confront not evil - Work Behind it's back!

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Honolulu 7:01 PM

 A L O H A From Honolulu!
No amount of anxiety
makes any difference to
anything that is
going to happen.
Alan Watts



Sometimes the most important
thing in a whole day is
the rest we take between
two deep breaths.
Etty Hillesum


Love is the flower
you've got to let grow.
John Lennon 





The obstacle is the path.
Obstacles are not standing
in your way, but
are the way itself.
Zen proverb


The kind of humor I like is
the thing that makes me laugh
for five seconds and think
for ten minutes. William Davis 

ᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨ

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Linking to

Nature Thursday

Thankful!

Rain’s Thursday art date

I Like Thursday

Thankful Thursday


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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Higher Point of View

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Sometimes you have to go
up really high to see
how small you are. Felix Baumgartner



yellow-flowered royal poinciana
Free me as free is the forest fire, as is the thunder that laughs aloud and hurls defiance to darkness.
 Rabindranath Tagore




Both optimists and pessimists
contribute to our society.
The optimist invents the
airplane and the
pessimist the parachute.
Gil Stern


Love is the way across life.
Love is your crossing.
Love is the bridge that
connects you to the
only thing that matters.
Bodhi Smith


Do the impossible
because almost everyone
has told me my ideas
are merely fantasies.
Howard Hughes


ㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨㆨ


Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Present Process

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Commit to the process.
Detach from the outcome. Engage in the present.
Let go of the future. Cory Muscara



When you look out
of your eyes at nature
happening out there,
you're looking at you. Alan Watts




Sign
Fallen leaves on the ground
are the golden song
of immortal creativity Amit Ray



Being real is
what keeps me
humble.
Anuel AA

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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Monday, July 10, 2023

Foliage People

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We can listen to
the rustling silence in the
foliage of expectations.
 Erik Pevernagie


A lot of people are
all foliage and no fruit.
  Craig D. Lounsbrough





The rustling of the leaves
is like a low hymn to nature.
James Ellis


Even a leaf in the wind
settles sometimes.
Alison Goodman



Let your love flow where
the beautiful things are and
something beautiful will
always come your way. Robert M. Drake

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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So Many Drinks!




Sunday, July 9, 2023

Enjoyed Is Not Wasted

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Magic is when you
live your life the way
you didn’t picture it and
leave nothing behind. Robert M Drake


Don't even waste thought
on lies. Just stay away
from them completely.
Proverbs 4:23-27



The tree which moves some
to tears of joy is in the eyes
of others only a green thing
that stands in the way
Some see nature all ridicule
and deformity… and some scarce
see nature at all. But to the
eyes of imagination,
nature is imagination itself. William Blake




Life is a tragedy
when seen in close up,
but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie Chaplin



The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Carlos Santana  

𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂜𑂼
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


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