A Good Person

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. President Jimmy Carter

Gratefulness brings

joy to my life.

How could I find joy in

what I take for granted?

The moment I stop

‘taking for granted,’

there is no end to

the surprises I find.

David Steindl-Rast

No amount of regret

changes the past.

No amount of anxiety

changes the future.

Any amount of gratitude

changes the present.

Ann Voskamp

Happiness is not 

experiencing something else; 

it’s continually experiencing 

what you already have in 

new and different ways.

 Brianna Wiest

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Pixie & Cloudia

Promise Louder Than a Thousand Complaints

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U

Laughter is the sun 

that drives winter 

from the human face. 

  Victor Hugo

You are more powerful 

than you know; 

you are beautiful

 just as you are. 

 Melissa Etheridge

Every one goes astray, 

but the least imprudent 

are they who repent 

the soonest.

Voltaire

Grievance binds

The spirit's wings

Trapped in amber

Of discontent

Each muttered lament

Forges another link

In the heavy chain

Of suffering

Unclench your hands

Breathe instead.

Acceptance blooms

When resistance fades

Silence speaks louder

Than a thousand complaints 

Wisdom dances

In the space

Between words.

  Cloudia Charters 

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Cloudia & Pixie

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The Promised Land always

 lies on the other side 

of a Wilderness.

                     Havelock Ellis

Wise Fish

 A  L  O  H  A  From

H O N O L U L U

Your pain is a school 

unto itself–– and 

your joy a lovely temple.

    Aberjhani

A pond full of fish is 

better than a river 

full of stones.

   Matshona Dhliwayo

No wise fish would go 

anywhere without 

a porpoise.

    Lewis Carroll

In silence Souls communicate, Beyond the need for words, A gentle touch, A knowing glance, Where deeper truths Are heard.

Pixie

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Wolpertinger

In German folklore,

Wolpertinger is an animal 

said to inhabit the alpine forests 

of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg 

in Southern Germany.

   Wikipedia

Little Bit Of Light

 A L O H A  From  

H O N O L U L U

who are you, little i

(five or six years old)

peering from some high

window; at the gold

of november sunset

(and feeling:that if day

has to become night

this is a beautiful way)

     e. e. cummings

A smile is the 

light in your window

that tells others

that there is a caring,

sharing person

inside.

 Denis Waitley

There is no description, 

no image in any book 

that is capable of replacing 

the sight of real trees, and 

all of the life to be found 

around them in a real forest.

    Maria Montessori

Rainbow steals

the window scene,

Her splashy joy,

a vibrant sheen.

Never underestimate

 the significance of the 

little things

 done out of a 

large heart of love.

                   Elizabeth George

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 Cloudia & Pixie

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A little bit of light 

dispels a lot of darkness.

Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Plenteous

 A L O H A  from

H O N O L U L U

In stillness joy unfolds,  

Whispers to the heart,  

Dawn awakens the flowers 

Inspiring the soul’s own art...

Breathe deep,

Let silence bloom,  

A smile within

Evaporating gloom...

Let worries drift

Like autumn leaves

In joy’s embrace

My spirit weaves,  

A tapestry of peace

By grace.

So smile inwardly

Let it grow,  

A river of light

In joy’s sweet flow.

     Cloudia Charters 

Christmas is not a time 

nor a season, but 

a state of mind. 

To cherish peace and goodwill, 

to be plenteous in mercy, 

is to have the real 

spirit of Christmas.

    Calvin Coolidge

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 "The Voices of Angels"

A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

 When we open our hearts, 

angels appear in the 

form of guiding voices, 

helping us find our way 

in the darkness of life.

   Paulo Coelho

 Here comes Santa 

in a red canoe

Paddling on a magic sea of blue

With a stocking full of joy 

for every girl and boy

Here comes Santa in a red canoe

It's Christmas in Aloha Land

On a sandy beach as white as snow

And little children understand

Santa Claus is on the go, go, go, go

Here comes Santa in a red canoe

Paddling on a magic sea blue

With a ho`omalimali 

Merry Christmas to you

Here comes Santa in a red canoe.

Johnny Kamano 

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The voice of an angel 

is a melody that carries 

the whispers of hope, 

the echoes of love, and the

promise of a brighter tomorrow.

 Septimus Winner

Whispering Hope, song written in 1868

Your heart is the 

correspondent 

of your soul. 

It knows the 

grooves of joy.

     Karen Ruimy

Sometimes, 

when the world is silent, 

you can hear the soft, 

soothing voice of your 

guardian angel, whispering 

words of comfort and guidance.

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Warm Yellow

Aloha From Honolulu

I really just want to be warm yellow light that

pours over everyone I love. Conor Oberst

Firemen never die, 

they just burn forever in 

the hearts of the people 

whose lives they saved.

   Susan Diane Murphree

 Remember that everyone

you meet is afraid of

something, loves something

and has lost something. H. Jackson Brown

There are glimpses

of heaven

to us in every act,

or thought,

or word, that

raises us

above ourselves.

Robert Quillen

Be faithful to that

which exists

within yourself.

Andre Gide

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Cloudia & Pixie

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