Real Feel-Good

Aloha, Friend!

Click on the crater

Diamond Head,

the way WE see it.




“We are all visitors to this time, this place.

We are just passing through.

Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love...

and then we return home.”


Australian Aboriginal Proverb

Spring!


"We are supposed to be
the messengers of peace for humanity."

Mohammed

Smiling Buddha Goes for a Ride


"It is better to travel well than to arrive."

Buddha


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Researchers as the University of Wisconsin
conducted an experiment with girls ages 7 to 12
in which they exposed the girls to the stress of speaking
to a group of strangers.
Afterward, a third of the girls were hugged by their mothers,
a third spoke to mom on the phone,
and a third watched a film.
While measured stress rose in the movie watchers,
the stress in both other groups
dropped equally.
"That a simple phone call
could have this physiological effect on oxytocin
is really exciting."
Co-investigator Seth Pollak told Scientific American.


Your visits make me feel wonderful,
and that's a scientific FACT!

Happy Weekend, cloudia

Bobbing Along

ALOHA!

Please click on today's photos

Hula Lesson

"The body is the most visible form of the unconscious."
Jung

Lovey Doves


"In every walk with nature
one receives far more than he seeks."

~John Muir

Fisherman.

Israel has named it predator drone the "Heron."
(Turkey is buying dozens of them, despite the recent problems.)

When you see this formidable bird go after a fish

you will know they picked a good name.
Go ahead and click on the photo;
Don't let that burning eye scare you!



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The mind
OK, my mind,
wanders this time of year
like a kid out of school
like a kite
fluttering
and not caring.


I've flown so high
swooped so scarily low
(Look out! Tree! Rock! Cliff!)
that bobbing along feels good right now.


Thanks for bobbing with me
in a sea of Spring photos
in an ocean of blog posts
that we send back and forth
on the froth.

So Happy!

Thank YOU

Words

Aloha!
to
YOU

click on the pics if you wish!

"Seek out that particular mental attribute

which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive,

along with which comes the inner voice which says,

‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude,

follow it."



~William James

This tattoo says it all (Aids Ribbon)


"Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure."

Jewish saying

EEL - EEW!
Yikes! I LIVE in that water!


“I have never seen a greater monster

or miracle

in the world than myself.”

Michel de Montaigne



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My words are spare
spun of air


been spinning so long
to survive and expose wrong


yes my soul knows her biz
and this it is:


to advance heaven's kingdom

as an inside job

just like any other slob

like you & me

and the girl in the tree-

in 100 years

the battles your fought won't matter much

but that you fought them,
winning your peace

will count in the end
til all else cease.


Aloha, cloudia

Lantern Floating Ceremony

Aloha, Dear Friend!


click on the photos :)

The Holiday is over,
but every day is a holiday in Waikiki


"If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.

Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. "


Raymond Inmon

photo courtesy of Ted Trimmer

"Time does not become sacred to us
until we have lived it,
until it has passed over us
and taken with it part of ourselves."

John Burroughs



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Memorial Day is packed with emotion.
From the fly overs of jets
to the ceremonies;
For one day we remember
those who serve
with a choking mixture of
pride, pain, celebration,
and deep regret,
mingled with
duty.


Here in Honolulu
a lantern floating ceremony,
based on the Toro Nagashi of Japan,
is held every Memorial Day.

Below is a brief, touching video of last year's event,
followed by a longer video of this year's.

Wishing you Peace,

cloudia

Memorial Day

Aloha, Friend.
It is Memorial Day-
Honoring Veterans
and Those Who Made
the Ultimate Sacrifice. . .

click on photos to enlarge them and yourself

While there are no official lyrics for Taps,
the following unofficial verses (author unknown)
are often used:

"Fading light dims the sight,

And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.

From afar drawing nigh -- Falls the night.



Day is done, gone the sun,

From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;

All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Then good night, peaceful night,

Till the light of the dawn shineth bright;

God is near, do not fear -- Friend, good night."



(Above Information Courtesy of
United States Army Center for Military History)

Yes,

We proudly remember the veterans of WWII
though today, the Germans and Japanese
are our allies and business partners.
Strange.

The even more distant First World War
is now seen
as a case of outmoded statecraft
sliding into an ancient
and formerly inevitable
choice
of war.

Our understanding matures
as the latest war recedes in the rear-view mirror
but the suffering and loss
remain very real
to this day.

To stand on guard of others
is noble.

To attack another people
is not.

Yet, should we stand back
in Burma,
or Africa,
where opportunist elites
enslave their own people?

Until these questions
are blotted out by understanding
we will need those willing
to play on a team
bigger than their own
convenience or benefit.

We call these people
"Military"

Sons, daughters
fathers, parents, neighbors
we call them
when we need help the most.

As with many things in a free society
we have mixed feelings about military power
and assumptions
but NEVER about those who serve,
who pay the price
and who always have.


We honor them the most
by fighting for the values and ideals
that motivated them:
Fairness, opportunity,
and a basic humanity
towards our fellow citizens;
To tell the truth
and listen to the other guy's truth
with real respect for his humanity too.


Let's build
and BE
the world they fought
and died for.


Amen

Sunday Sights

Aloha, Friend :)

"All theory, dear friend, is gray,

but the golden tree of life springs ever green."


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"If you don't know what happened
you won't know what's happening."

Whoopie Goldberg

“Do you need proof of God?

Does one light a torch to see the sun?”


Japanese Proverb

“The day you decide to do it is your lucky day”

Japanese Proverb

DreamTime

Aloha, Friend!

"Be like the water,

the wind, the clouds,

the dancing trees;

Flow with joy

where Spirit takes you,

with non-attachment, flexibility

and ease."

Sandra Jayne Bellen

"The supreme object of life is to live.

Few people live.

It is true life only to realize one's own perfection,

to make one's every dream a reality."

Oscar Wilde

"Somewhere over the rainbow,

skies are blue,

and the dreams that you dare to dream

really do come true."

L. Frank Baum

Orange you glad that you scrolled down to this picture?

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Australian aborigines talk about the Dream Time,

the insubstantial ground of everything.

The dream, they feel, is mother to the material world

and it is in this fertile space,

(that only seems like a dream)

where the action really occurs.

We moderns prefer the measurable,

and collectible,

transformable by science.

If you can't sell it

it doesn't exist for us.

But what do we think about

and who are we really

underneath the lab coat?

ALOHA, cloudia