Invisible To Others

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Learn from yesterday, live

for today, hope for tomorrow.

The important thing is

not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein

Election season in Hawaii means

sign waving by candidates

and their supporters.

V O T E !

The greatest wisdom is

seeing through appearances.

Buddha

Vision is the art of seeing

what is invisible to others.

Jonathan Swift

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Travel Tuesday 
Happy Tuesday 
Tuesday Treasures
My Corner Of The World
Wild Bird Wednesday
Signs2
Wordless Wednesday

Say what you mean,

But don't say it mean.

Andrew Wachter

Echo of Silence

A L O H A From Honolulu!

At night, everything is more intense,

more true. The echo of silence

is loudest then.

Vincent Van Gogh 

Canvas washed in gold,

silver shadows flee,
Brilliant brushstrokes burst out
wild, energetic and free.

Morning's herald paints
her way across the skies
Ignites the world with hope
feeding and filling our eyes.

             Cloudia Charters

You humans, so little 

in your own eyes. ...

 don't even comprehend that

 you are dragging the entire 

creation along with you.

    William P. Young

Rainbow Shower Tree

Blooms everywhere

this time of year

in Honolulu

Who is an Elder? 

Someone who is considered exceptionally wise in the ways of their culture and the teachings of the Great Spirit. They are recognized for their wisdom, their stability, their humour and their ability to know what is appropriate in a particular situation. The community looks to them for guidance and sound judgment. They are caring and are known to share the fruits of their labours and experience with others in the community.

Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2005

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Sunset Soft and Fleeting

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Sunset soft and fleeting

Paint with day's last light,
Gentle hush ascending
Busyness taking flight.

Contentment is the seed
Sown in fertile hearts it grows,
Appreciation's blossom
Where gratitude freely flows.
         Cloudia Charters

Hi!

Sincere deeds 

invite new friends.

 Toba Beta

Today I bent the truth to

be kind, and I have no regret,

for I am far surer of

what is kind than I

am of what is true.

Robert Brault

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Monday Murals

Nature Notes
From The Archives
The Good.Random.Fun.
AWWW Monday
T Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday 

Water the longevity drink

clear and pure, Nature's richest gift, for sure!

Quenching thirst that vital art, Cleansing body, soul,

and heart.

Drink it often, every day, Longevity's tonic paves the way.

Ability and Art

A L O H A From Honolulu!

For everything you have missed,

you have gained something else...

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Praise and blame, gain

and loss, pleasure and sorrow

come and go like the wind.

To be happy, rest like a giant tree

in the midst of them all.

     Buddha

Ordinary riches can be stolen,
real riches cannot.
In your soul are
infinitely precious things
that cannot be taken from you.
Oscar Wilde

Wealth is the ability to

fully experience life Henry David Thoreau

One cannot get protection

from wealth nor education.

The only factor that can give

protection from the destructive

effects of anger and hatred is the

practice of tolerance and patience. Dalai Lama

The art of living is to

know how to

grow old gracefully.

Montaigne

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Jaipur Garden Affair

Don't Let them Pass By Unkissed

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Hoping to live days

of greater happiness,

I forget that days of

less happiness are passing by.

      Elizabeth Bishop

The seasons of my heart

change like the seasons

of the fields.

There are seasons

of wonder and hope,

seasons of suffering and love,

seasons of healing...

     Macrina Wiederkehr

Do not anticipate trouble,

or worry about what

may never happen.

Keep in the sunlight.

Benjamin Franklin

Imaginary obstacles

are insurmountable.

Real ones aren't.

Barbara Sher

The open-minded see

the truth in different things:

the narrow-minded see

only the differences.
Unknown

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Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Skywatch

Feline Friday

Floral Friday

Friday Smiles

Unnoticed Smile in Passing

Unnoticed smile – fleeting moment,

lost in the hustle of life.

Profound beauty, quiet resilience.

Respite from the round of strife.

Unnoticed smile - hidden grace, Softly whispers in a noisy place. No fanfare heralds it's gentle might, Yet in its subtlety, a profound light.

Blooms in secret like a flower Unseen by most, but felt for hours It's quiet strength pierces the din, Beacon of hope and love within. Let us cherish unnoticed smiles, Little things making life worthwhile.

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Heaven Itself

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

 Nothing but heaven itself

 is better than a friend 

who is really a friend.

   Plautus 

Get lost in love so
hate cannot find you.

Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) 

Time heals

what reason cannot.

   Seneca

 Silence 

is a true friend

who never betrays.

Confucius

 An argument

 is the longest distance

 between two points of view.

Dan Bennett

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Rain’s Thursday art date
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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.

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Perhaps imagination is

not where we go to

escape reality but where

we go to remember it. Glennon Doyle

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