Rough Water Dog

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From

Honolulu

There is no need to run,

strive, search or struggle.

Just be. Just being

in the moment in

this place is the

deepest practice

of meditation.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Jacaranda tree

I do not owe my opponents 

my affection, warmth, or regard. 

But I do owe myself a chance 

to live in this world 

without the burden of hate.

 Valarie Kaur

The most important

decision you make is

to be in a good mood.

Voltaire

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Hawaiian Monk Seal

ʻĪlio holo i ka uaua
is a Hawaiian name
for the monk seal,
commonly translated as
“dog that runs in rough water”
ʻīlio means “dog,” and
holo means “to run.”

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A Friend May Be Waiting

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From

Honolulu

I don't think bad things

happen to good people;

I think bad things

happen to everyone,

and the way good people

respond is what

makes them good.

Cockspur Coral Tree (Erythrina crista-galli),
also known as the ceibo or cry-baby plant

I don't love you

with my heart and mind,

I love you with my soul,

in case my mind forgets

and my heart stops.

Rumi

13th-century Persian poet

Skills can be learned

and achievements

can be earned, but

character determines

how those gifts are used

and the legacy

they leave behind. Leonardo da Vinci

On an ordinary morning

light writes on the wall.

A leaf moves outside,

 window brings sun,

Together they write 

and I can almost 

scry what they mean!

Then a cloud moves

and the whole bright sentence

becomes the next.

I can almost make it out!

Nothing going on

just light, reflection,

shadow and me

On this ordinary day.

Pixie

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 Linking To 
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A friend may be waiting
behind a stranger’s face.
Maya Angelou

Hong Kong Orchid Tree

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From

Honolulu

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing. Laura Ingalls Wilder

Hong Kong orchid tree

 (Bauhinia × blakeana) 

Happiness can grow

from only a little

contentment.

Pygmy Proverb

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo F. Buscaglia

You build a successful life a day at a time. Lou Holtz

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Inwardly

 

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Plutarch

But all will be well,
and all will be well, and
every kind of thing
will be well.
Julian of Norwich

Our wings are small but the
ripples of the heart are infinite.
Amit Ray

Love yourself, even a little bit each day, and your life will bloom into infinite joy. Amy Leigh Mercree, Medical Intuitive

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Dream Committee

A L O H A

From

Honolulu

The heart is very much 

like the sea, it has its storms, 

it has its tides, and 

in its depths it has 

its pearls too.   

Vincent Van Gogh

Ring the bells 
that still can ring
Forget your 
perfect offering.
There is a crack 
in everything,
That's how the 
light gets in.
            Leonard Cohen

A dream may twist,
a dream may bend,
And still bring beauty
in the end.

 A problem 
difficult at night,
is resolved 
in the morning
after the committee
of sleep
has worked on it. 
John Steinbeck 

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Cloudia & Pixie

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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

John F. Kennedy

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Secret Star

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From

Honolulu

Life stands before me
like an eternal spring with
new and brilliant clothes.
Carl Friedrich Gauss

Allamanda blanchetii

purple allamanda, violet allamanda

Pilaghanti in Sanskrit.

(Both Below)

One Eye. One Flower.

Fower looking back.

The flower knew something 

That eye could not call fact.

One eye holds the sky; 

one flower holds the day.

The eye remembers 

what the flower teaches: 

Open!

Open all the way!

Pixie

Other people

have secret sorrows.

Private worries that

cloud their tomorrows.

You don't need to know

what they are.

Just shine on them

with your secret star.

       Cloudia Charters

It’s no use going back 

to yesterday, because I was

a different person then.

                               Lewis Carroll 

                                          Alice in Wonderland

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