Our Place

A   L   O   H   A  !

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" Love

 is what's in the room

 with you

 at Christmas

 if you stop 

opening presents 

and listen."

Bobby 

 age 7

 " There is that

 indescribable freshness
 and unconsciousness
about an illiterate person
 that humbles

 and mocks
the power of the
 noblest expressive
 genius.  "

Walt Whitman

My Friend:

I want YOU

to open YOUr

 own wings

and take off -

Not pump you up

with words

and throw you

off a cliff.

Whatever beauty

you find here

wouldn't bloom

without

the inner truth

YOU bring!  

  =^..^=  

" The best is one

who calls others

to their best.
 And those who

 heed the call

 are also blessed. "
Hesiod

Thank YOU

for sharing

Yourself

in our little

space-

-Within

the Comfort Spiral -

                     Warmly, Cloudia

Be a 'Saturday Kid' for 3 Minutes

A L O H A !

 When we look back

at how,

and who,

we used to be

perspective shifts,

changes

with the years.

 " I always knew

 looking back 

on my tears

 would bring me

 laughter, 

but I never knew

 looking back on my

 laughter

 would make me cry.  "

Cat Stevens

The kids are Hawaii kids

but the moments

are changeless,

eternal-

Thanks for rejuvenating here today!

leave us a 'shout' in comments

                                            Warmly, cloudia

Human Cause

A   L   O   H   A  !

  " I didn't fail the test,

 I just found 100 ways

 to do it wrong "

Benjamin Franklin

 " Space 

is the stature 

of God. "

Joseph Joubert

" Every day is a surprise.
There are confirmations
of an 

interconnectivity
and 

synchronicity
which inspire, titillate
and confirm
the inherent comedy
of the universe. "
   
 Billy Zane

   =^..^=     
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The biggest problems

that we face

are

Human Made Problems,

or

Human Ignored Problems.

We create our world

with laws

and customs,

-public, private
 & family-

evolving

over time,

as

thousands of planters,

with their own ideas

plant in the same  garden

over time.

Some see a failed

formal garden;

Others celebrate

the riot of 

diversity.

Niches grow up

and defend

their ecology.

Certain virtues

get choked out.

But there is one

Golden Hope

for our

garden called

Society::

Human problems

have human

solutions.

And as soon as

enough of us

see through the fog

deciding that

something matters,

Then We Can

Do Anything.

When we pull

in the same

direction.

Thank    Y O U

for blooming here

in Our Garden!

                      Warmly, cloudia

Distances

A   L   O   H   A  !

Click, please click, on the Pic:

 Beauty may be

 enjoyed

 from inside

a 

prison cell;

or even

a 

trash can.

 Comfort

to one,

is discomfort

to another

" Bag - Goyle "

" Your dresses 

should be tight enough 

to show you're a 

woman 

and loose enough

 to show you're a

 lady.  "

Edith Head

Even a

 large place

can feel

claustrophobic.

Tiny spaces

can contain

multitudes.

" - there are days

 when emptiness

 is spacious,
and non-existence

 elevating . . ."

 Florida Scott Maxwell

" That spacious sound

you hear in this post

is the empty space

between my ears

today! "

cloudia

=^..^=  

'Take Peace & Laughs - Leave Your Comment'

Thanks for visiting!

                       Warmly, cloudia

Other People

A  L  O  H  A !

" The secret

 of many a success 

in the world

 resides
in insight

 into the moods 

of others
and  tact

 in dealing with

 them. "

J. G. Holland

  “ The well bred

 contradict 

other people.

 The wise 

contradict 

themselves. ”

 Oscar Wilde

" Somebody Else's Problem 

 (also known as SEP)

 is a condition where

 individuals/populations 

 choose to decentralize themselves 

from an issue

 that may be in critical need

 of recognition. "

 Wikipedia

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 “ Knowing your own

 darkness

 is the best method

 for dealing with 

the darknesses of  

other people. ” 

 Carl Gustav Jung

" The more we deny 

that we have a dark side,

 the more power

 it has 

over us. "

Sheryl Lee

 “  Most people

 are other people. 

Their thoughts 

are someone else's

 opinions,

 their lives 

a mimicry,

 their passions

 a quotation.  ”

 Oscar Wilde 

“ Without deep reflection

 one knows

 from daily life 

that one exists

 for other people .” 

Albert Einstein 

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Something good

 happened to me;

I got depressed.

It made me realize:

"Hey! 

This is how I used to feel

ALL the time."

Now I don't -

but HOW did I 

live with that?!

How did I ever 

LIVE

like that?

Now,

 for the most part,

I'm grateful 

& enjoying.

Hell

used to be

Other People.

Now I feel

that as long as there

are Others Like

You Folks

in my life,

that Heaven

will always be

reachable.

Hearing

hateful, limited, false,

damaging words

disturbs my equilibrium.

And there are 

PLENTY today.

So how do I CARE,

but remain unruffled

by the darker

aspects of humanity?

How can I respond

to falsehood

without losing

my light

to anger?

As we mature

sometimes we feel

like we've seen it all

before.

How do we share

something other than

frustration,

disappointment,

disillusionment

with others

(especially younger people)

? 

One thing I've learned

is that the next

comment,

the next blog post,

that I read

can ignite magic!

Often,

just knowing

that friends care

changes the 

world.

Thanks for being

a force for good

in our circle,

and in my

life!

         Warmly, cloudia

Recondite

abstruse - obscure - secret - deep

 A  L  O  H  A !

Thanks for visiting!
                    Warmly, cloudia

Secret Places

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green ."

Blake

 “ All truly great thoughts

 are conceived

 while walking ”

 Friedrich Nietzsche

" Today was good. 

 Today was fun. 

Tomorrow is another one."
Dr. Seuss 

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Researchers at 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!

'Take Peace & Laughs - Leave Your Comment'

Thanks for visiting!

                    Warmly, cloudia