Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

- And dream your troubles away
 

A L O H A !

" If you look around, 

you can find a face of God

 in each thing, because 

He is not hidden

 in a church, in a mosque,

 or a synagogue, 

but everywhere. . .

Who finds Him, 

stays forever with him. "

 Shams Tabrizi

Hawaii State Library LINK

Opened February 1, 1913,Territory of Hawaii

A "Carnegie Library"

In 1841, 

life expectancy at birth 

was 40 years for males 

and 42 years for females.

By 1900 it was 

52 and 57.

Today it is 79 and 83. 

So many things change with time.

"Starting today, 

starting now,

those who have been 

invisible,

will be visible to themselves 

and to others. "

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie

Upon signing Marriage Equality in our Island State, yesterday

13 November 2013

Now that I am not at the legislature every day

I hope to visit EACH of YOU!

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Hawaii Equality Signing LIVE

LIVE STREAM    LINK

Progressives Are Wrong About This

A  L  O  H  A !

Click on this beach and linger

" Honored that the New York Times

 used the closing lines 

of my remarks 

to explain this whole debate: 

'In Hawaii we are all minorities,

 and we all deserve 

the same dignity

 and respect.' "

Hawaii Rep, Chris Lee 

"A small group of thoughtful people
 could change the world. 
Indeed, it's the only thing 
that ever has." 

Margaret Mead

"You can stand tall 
without standing on someone. 
You can be a victor 
without having victims. "


 Harriet Woods

"Well you walk into a restaurant, 

Strung out from the road 

And you feel the eyes upon you 

As you're shakin' off the cold 

You pretend it doesn't bother you 

But you just want to explode 

Most times you can't hear 'em talk, 

Other times you can 

All the same old cliches, 

"Is that a woman or a man?" 

And you always seem outnumbered, 

You don't dare make a stand."

Bob Seger 

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Progressives

are used to being

outnumbered.

Abolition, 

Public Health & Safety,

Worker Rights,

Women's Suffrage.

People were vilified,

lives were ruined

families divided

over these issues.

But much has changed.

A tide is turning,

a humane, pragmatic tide.

The Angry Right, 

Angry Fundamentalists

and Corporate Interests

are all doing shocking stuff

for one reason:

The coming tsunami

scares them!

So stop feeling outnumbered.

Don't panic about GMO extortion.

Just keep going!

We need a new mentality

for this new day.
That does not emerge
overnight.

Stand Up Tall,

Share & Celebrate,

Include-

This is what we do,

and our outlandish dreams

become consensus 

reality!

What say YOU?

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Hawaii Passes Marriage Equity!

A celebration dance - the Electric Slide,

 a staple in Gay bars and events :-) 

Made me cry to see it at the State Capitol
Rotunda on this occasion!

Hawaii is floating a foot above the Pacific today

and may never come down.

God Bless our opponents too.

Justice won.

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Truth Rewarded ME

A  L  O  H  A !

" Gratitude

is the most exquisite 

form of

Courtesy."

Jacques Maritan

" I tore myself

from the safe comfort

of Certainties

through my love

for the Truth;

And Truth

rewarded me. "

Simone de Beavoir

   "I know that I am intelligent,
 because I know 
that I know nothing."

Socrates


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One thing I know
is that I LOVE
YOUr 
Visits/comments!

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Winsome Sight

A  L  O  H  A !

"I believe our longing 

for an innate harmony

 runs deeper than

 our longing for

 righteousness." 

Evelyn Rodriguez

“If you can speak

 what you will never hear,

 if you can write 

what you will never read, 

you have done rare things.”

Henry David Thoreau

" Writers should be read

 but not seen. 

Rarely

 are they a 

winsome sight. "

 Edna Ferber

Hanging by a Narrative Thread

A  L  O  H  A !

"Never love anyone 

who treats you

 like you're ordinary."

 Oscar Wilde

"The soul that
 can speak 
through the eyes, 
can also kiss 
with a gaze"


 Gustav Adolfo Becquer

" Look within.

Within is the fountain

 of good

, 

and it will ever bubble up,

 if thou wilt ever dig.” 

Marcus Aurelius

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Narrative is imposed

god how we need that story!

 Thread of Sense,

Ariadne

The Maze of Multiplicities

makes us dizzy like

Space Sickness.

How we need a solid

standing.

What is the plot?

What role have we got?

How to find our spot

in the sun

Grab some

 fun on the run.

We long for significance

importance, really,

to someone

Few understanding

the Powers we're commanding!

Terrible simplicity 

who among us

can sit in the sunny anteroom

not fearing, wondering,

 worrying -

missing afternoon's

Mist of Light,

so fearing Night

That we miss

the butterfly.

Thanks for sharing YOUr story!
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