Unplanned Meme

A  L  O  H  A !

" I am determined

 to be cheerful and happy

 in whatever situation 

I may find myself.

 For I have learned 

that the greater part of our misery

 or unhappiness
 is determined not by our circumstance 

but by our disposition. "

Martha Washington

“ Do you wish to rise? 

Begin by descending. 

You plan a tower 

that will pierce the clouds?

 Lay first the foundation

 of humility. ”

        

                             Saint Augustine

                                                  (354-430)

Get it right at home. Am I right?

" Towered cities 

please us then,
And the busy hum 

of men. "
 

John Milton

" I am happy now,

 to recall

 that I was not only his son

 but his companion, 

and whenever there was

 a hunting expedition

 or any other pleasure,

 I was always with him.  "

John Philip Sousa

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All unplanned,

you posted dogs,

and so did I.

Or birds,

or a portrait

or a

confession.

I

L O V E it

when that

happens!

Thanks for influencing me.

DO leave a comment-

          Warmly, cloudia

 

Put It All Together

A  L  O  H  A !

" Every great accomplishment 

is the story of

 a flaming heart.  "

Arnold H. Glasgow

" The glow 

of one warm thought

 is to me worth more

 than money.  "

Thomas Jefferson

 

" Here lies one

 whose name was writ

 in water.  "

John Keats

 Three Graces

" Extraordinary afflictions

 are not always the punishment 

of extraordinary sins, 

but sometimes the trial

 of extraordinary

 graces.  "

Matthew Henry

 

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C

 is for complete,

 nothing further needed here.

 

L

 is for look,

 the way you look at life.

 

O

 is for old fashioned,

 you cherish the past.

 

U 

is for unique,

 your love of life.

D

 is for desire, 

your thoughts do aspire.

I 

is for instill,

 the lesson of life.

A 

is for affirm,

 the certainty of knowledge.

Put them all together

and what do you have?

QUITE

an ego trip

on my part!

LOL!

Your kind visit 

adds an irreplaceable element 

to my day: YOU!  

Thanks FRIEND

              Warmly, cloudia

Centered? WHICH One?

A  L  O  H  A ! 

Your Ship is Coming In

"Baby can't be blessed,

till she finds out

that she's like

all the rest- "

Bob Dylan

 

We wore headbands - they sport knitted hats-

"And in the end,
the love you take
is equal
to the love
you make."

 The Beatles  

 Mist in Manoa Valley

Half the joy of life

 is in little things

 taken on the run...

but let us keep our hearts young 

and our eyes open
that nothing worth our while 

shall escape us. "

Victor Cherbuliez

Waikiki Sun

" Only divine love

 bestows the keys 

of knowledge.

Arthur Rimbaud

Not everyone notices

" Your Enlightenment

 rests on

 your own Shoulders"

 Dalai Lama

The Daily Work Continues


  "Thus the superior person

 encourages people to approach  

 by readiness to receive 

them."

I Ching

   "If I had another 50 years 

added to my life I 

would spend it studying the 

I Ching 

so that at last I might 

be made free 

from error." 

Confucius

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Once I worked

at a non-profit

Do - Good

kind of place.

There was a lot of 

talk

about being

'Client Centered.'

Funders,

and of course

clients,

liked hearing it.

But I noticed

that the word

'client'

when used among

staff

was a judgement.

"You're acting

JUST like a

client!"

That was a put-down.

I wanted to help

the clients,

I regarded them

as survivors of lives

that my fellow staff

would not, could not,

have overcome.

 I identified with

the clients.

But client centered?

I wasn't there yet. 

I was still

blessing them.

I wasn't

a client.

We are all

self-centered

to a certain degree.

Call it the 

Survival Instinct.

Even martyrs

(in daily life - not holy books)

are all about 

"ME."

Look how much stronger

MY suffering is

than others' !

Appreciate that others

suffer too-

it's not all about 

you,

martyr!

I wanted to help others.

But it was self-centered

because it helped me

feel worthwhile.

And I needed that

feeling.

And they were

paying me.

This morning on my walk,

an older guy in a motorized

cart stopped

and spoke with me

about the photograph

I was taking.

I gave him my attention.

I took my time.

A few steps later,

I realized that

I hadn't taken time,

or showed Aloha-

HE had first!

I no longer need

to be the one helping,

to make others

my clients.

He had blessed me.

We bless each other.

We each deserve it.

We each need it.

Hello,

my name is Cloudia,

I'm a recovering

superior do-gooder.

Thanks for doing me good.

YOUR visits & Comments

feed my soul.

                             Warmly, cloudia

I'm a GREAT!

A  L  O  H  A !

Niece, 

your wedding was beautiful;

One of the Great Days.

Nephew-in-Law,

clearly

 you are an exceptional man,

and a great match for my

extraordinary niece.

Today

on the Big Island [Hawaii]

you gave us a boy.

I'm sure he has

a Hawaiian middle name

a page long,

but his first name is

R E E F .

He will be a great waterman,

 who will surf life's currents

with blessed beauty.

Blessing all of us.

Blessing many;

Like his parents.

Mahalo ke Akua

[Thanks be to God]

Gratefully,

Great Aunt Cloudia

Sometimes Small Thing

A  L  O  H  A !

" There are no passengers

 on Spaceship Earth. 

We are all crew. "

Marshall McLuhan.

" We all live 

under the same sky,

 but we don't all have 

the same horizon."   

Adenauer, Konrad

" Everyone is trying 

to accomplish something big,

 not realizing 

that life is made up 

of little things.  "

Frank Howard Clark

" For in the dew 

of little things 

the heart finds 

its morning 

and is refreshed.  "

Khalil Gibran  

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Have you seen this equation before?

 IV = III + III 

 [4 = 3 + 3] 

By moving one line

you can make it

correct.

I had to look

for a long time

to figure it out.

Do you see it?

Answer is below.

One day, a big truck

[lorry]

became wedged tightly

under a low bridge.

Rescue officials

puzzled over how to remove it.

They tried to hook the truck

and pull it out,

but it didn't work.

Some wanted to use tools

to cut off the vehicle roof;

Others wanted to 

jack-hammer

a few inches

from the cement over-pass.

A small child

turned to Mother and asked:

"Why not let

some air out of the 

truck's tires?" 

That's what they did. 

And it worked!

And the equation?

Move the I in IV [4]

to the V's other side:

VI [6]

6 = 3 + 3.

Easy as pie

when you change

one little thing.

How often our view

of life

revolves on one

little thing!

 
Thank YOU

for visiting !

                         Warmly, cloudia

Hawaii Dream Journey

 A  L  O  H  A !

 ^{"Before you can see} 

^{the rainbow,} 

 
^{you must first survive}

 ^{the storm. "}

 Kirsti A. Dyer

 Birds of Paradise

 “It is not only fine feathers

 that make fine birds.” 

Aesop

 "Today I have grown taller 

from walking with the trees. "

 Karl Baker

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Thanks for stopping by!

                    Warmly, cloudia

And now,

let's walk in the beauty:

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