Down Crown

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The way we choose to see the world creates the

world we see. Barry Neil Kaufman

Who is the person

walking in front of you on the rain-drenched sidewalk? He is covered with an umbrella, and all you can see is a dark coat and the shoes striking the puddles. And yet this person is the hero of his own life story. He is the love of someone’s life... And then continue on your own way. Vera Nazarian

When you get to heaven's gate

all the animals will be there.

The ones you have met in your life.

Who will testify whether you cared.

Before you enter or despair.

Pixie

Worry only wears as down

Yet we wear it as a crown We'd rather carry all that weight Than simply trust and modulate.

Cloudia Charters

Perhaps imagination is

not where we go to

escape reality but where

we go to remember it. Glennon Doyle

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Thankful!

High Simple Useful

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

The first hundred years

are the hardest. Wilson Mizner

It's important to be kind.

You can't know all the times

that you've hurt people in

tiny, significant ways.

It's easy to be cruel without

meaning to be. There's nothing

you can do about that. But

you can choose

to be kind. Be kind.

Anonymous

There is no power on earth 

that can neutralize the influence

 of a high, simple,

and useful life.

Booker T. Washington

Freedom means the opportunity

to be what we never

thought we would be.

     Daniel J. Boorstin

 Keep green places

in your heart.

Perhaps a singing bird

will nest there 

   Chinese Proverb

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Tako is a Japanese word for wild caught octopus

The word “jiu jitsu” derives from the Japanese “Jū” meaning “gentle” and “Jutsu” meaning “art”; essentially, jiu jitsu is the “gentle art”.

Wisest And Best

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Every year of my life

I grow more convinced that it

is wisest and best

to fix our attention on the beautiful and good

and dwell as little

as possible on the

dark and the base.

Richard Cecil

No place is Someplace
when it's a
Beautiful Place.
Green Ti Plants,
Palm Trees &

A Rainbow Shower Tree

say: Waikiki

The turtle lays thousands of eggs

without anyone knowing, but

when the hen lays an egg,

the whole country is informed.

        Malay Proverb

Two word wisdom

Light and brief A simple truth For life's relief: Enjoy It!

Enjoy the journey The tumbles, the climb Lessons that linger With the passage of time.

Cloudia Charters

One must still have chaos
in oneself to be able to
give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche

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Loves Laughing

A L O H A From Honolulu!

But what can I do,

I'm just one person,

said 7 billion people. 

   David Richeson 

The one cool thing

with getting older is that

you can actively choose

to just be an eccentric.

Greg Behrendt

That so few now dare

to be eccentric, marks

the chief danger of the time.

John Stuart Mill

I've never once heard

my mum shout and

she's 83 now.

She's incredible. She's very,

very happy, slightly eccentric but

loves laughing, which I do too.

     Carol Vorderman

Be gentle

with a heart that's kind,

Acknowledge feeling

let your spirit unwind.

Passing storm

Yet peaceful mind.

       Cloudia Charters

All factions fall short

of SatisFaction. 

     Pixie's Plea for Unity

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Fairy tales are more than true:

not because they tell us

that dragons exist, but 

because they tell us that

dragons can be beaten.

    Neil Gaiman

Reminding My Heart how To Sing

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Balloon Dog *

The World is Keeping a Secret.

What will Tomorrow Bring?

Will there be a sunrise

Reminding my heart how to sing?

- The world is a treasure of secrets

held close in the hush of leaves

Waiting for just the right moment

hidden where no one perceives.

Whispered in tides at the shore

while the ocean endlessly grieves.

Cloudia Charters

Boxy The Box Fish

Being fully human is not

about feeling happy, it's

about feeling everything. Glennon Doyle

My belly soft,

your smile so wide, Our secrets welling deep inside. Burst to share,

O joyous thing Our love like

morning birds

takes wing.

Pixie

Love You,

Cloudia & PoetPuss

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*American artist Jeff Koons created a series of giant dog sculptures called Balloon Dog between 1994 and 2000, made of mirror-polished stainless steel with a transparent color coating in five different colors: blue, magenta, yellow, orange, and red.

A Hopeful Phrase

A L O H A From Honolulu!

There was never a night

or a problem that could

defeat sunrise or hope.

Bernard Williams

White Pigeon

When it comes to staying young,

a mind-lift beats a

face-lift any day.

      Marty Bucella

Cymbidium,  boat orchid

People, even more than things, 

have to be restored, renewed, 

revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; 

never throw out anyone.

           Audrey Hepburn

The waving of flags and

the singing of anthems are

poor substitutes for

intelligent citizenship.

Carl Sagan

Patriotism is love of country,

but love of country that

makes you love your countrymen.

James Baldwin

There is gold

through the grays.

A hopeful phrase!

With gentle hands

On a quiet tide,

I release the burdens

Once held inside.

No longer clinging

to shadows in flight,

I release all the clamor

and welcome the light.

In gentle surrender

All wisdom unfolds,

Letting go of the storm,

embraces true gold.

So step into stillness

with heart open wide,

Where acceptance and

gratitude softly reside.

   Cloudia Charters

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Authenticity is having the courage

to let people see you as you really are.

    Charlie Efford