Friday, May 17, 2013

Help Create the Fact

A  L  O  H  A !
 " Computers 

can figure out 

all kinds of problems, 

except the things 

in the world 

that just 

don't add up. "
       
 James Magary










" A thinker 

sees his own actions 

as experiments 

and questions-

-as attempts to 

find out something. 

Success 

and failure are 

for him 

answers above all. "


        Friedrich Nietzsche 







" Believe 

that life is 

worth living 

and your belief 

will help 

create the fact. "


William James 



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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Why We Are Here

A  L  O  H  A !
" Our main business

is not to see

what lies dimly

at a distance,







- but to do

what lies

clearly

at hand."

Thomas Carlyle










" The practice of 

peace 

and reconciliation

 is one of the most 

vital 

and artistic 

of human actions.”

-- Thich Nhat Hanh



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First thing in the morning
while I'm making coffee,
I light up my
Nexus pad. . .

and LOOK!
Friends have been
here
leaving 
G I F T S!

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Eucatastrophe

A  L  O  H  A !
Eucatastrophe 

"The sudden joyous turn,
 not an ending, 
but the moment we get 
a glimpse of joy. " 

Word created by J.R.R Tolkien
 and first used 
in his fantasy saga, 
'the Lord of the Rings'.

Urban Dictionary (Link)




" The price of 
freedom of religion, 
or of speech, 
or of the press,
 is that we must put up 
with a good deal 
of rubbish. "

        Robert Jackson








 " The two most

important days

of your life,

are the 

day you are born - 






 - and the day

you find out

why."

Mark Twain







I love Honolulu!
Yesterday, I shopped 
in some Korean 
boutiques,
and got to use my limited
Korean to be polite.
Then a couple
at the next shop
was talking to me
in Spanish.
We are multi-lingual
and there are plenty
of flavors
here!

Thank You

for your friendly

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Oddities

A  L  O  H  A !
The Eternal Choice:
Adventure (cycle) or Relaxation (couch)


" The aim of art 

is to represent 

not the outward 

appearance of things, 

but their 

inward significance. "

Aristotle









Honolulu Fire Dept.
ALWAYS EXCITING!
Click to see the surfboard!


“ You can tell more 

about a person 

by what he says 

about others 

than you can 

by what others 

say about him.” 


Audrey Hepburn








I love the quiet, secret little places      

" Silence 

is one of the 

hardest arguments 

to refute. "


Josh Billings 
(1818 - 1885)


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Monday, May 13, 2013

Meaning of LIFE

A  L  O  H  A !
" It is always good to know,

 if only in passing, 

charming human beings. 

It refreshes one 

like flowers and woods 

and clear brooks. "

George Eliot













"  Every person

 is a book

 if you know

how to read him. "

William Ellery Channing














" Learn to regard 

the souls around you 

as parts of some 

grand instrument. "

Anonymous



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So here it is;

LIFE

is an acronym

meaning:

Let It Flourish Everyday

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Lucky Enough

A  L  O  H  A !
" Worry 
does not empty 
tomorrow 
of its sorrow. 

It empties
 today 
of its strength."

Corrie Ten Boom








“ I believe 

in being strong 

when everything seems

 to be going wrong. 


I believe that 

happy girls 

are the prettiest girls. 

I believe that 

tomorrow is another day, 

and I believe in miracles."

Audrey Hepburn









" You just have to be
 lucky enough 
to find someone 
who appreciates you. "

 Audrey Hepburn



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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Mercy Me

A  L  O  H  A !

" One who does his duty

 as his own nature

 reveals it, 

never sins. "

Lao Tzu 






Click This Picture:
Oh Sock Monkey! 

You're JUST my sort!








On The Road

" What single ability 

do we all have? 

The ability to 

change. "

George Leonard Andrews








On Vacation

“ Mercy 


is the golden chain 



by which society 



is bound 



together. ”



 William Blake







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