Easily Improve Your Gmail

A L O H A !

Morning Pink & Glow


" If you can be

Honest with Yourself

you've got it made! "



Sid Caesar

Spotlight Stick

" All Nature

 is resurrection."


Brian Weiss

Sidewalk Heart of the Streets

" Purify your eyes, 
and see 
the pure world. 

Your life will fill 
with radiant forms. "

Rumi

 =^..^= 

When you open
an email containing images
(photo, logo, graphics, etc)

often the sender can tell 
that you've opened the email
because of a code hidden 

in the images!

Until recently, 
Gmail didn't open those 
elements of the email
until / unless you clicked 

on a link in the email
approving it.
But now they open
automatically
unless you "opt out"
Here's how:

You can still have 
that level of privacy

by making ONE CHANGE 
in your

Gmail settings

Click on the GEAR symbol

to the right/top of your Gmail

Then click "Settings" 

from the drop down menu.

Look for "Images"

Click on the choice to 

 turn on "Ask Before."
That's It!

Click on image to ENLARGE

That's all it takes 

to  improve your privacy!

In addition
I prefer to set my own 

text size and style 

for my outgoing emails.

To do this just

go down the page to

Default Text Style. 

You can change 
and see it
right there instantly!

Signature

A personal motto or link?

Go for it!

 I put a link to this blog 

and to my novel's 

KINDLE page at the 

foot of EVERY outgoing 

email automatically!

Vacation Responder! 

Let people know 

if you will not be 

replying for a time.

Finally: At bottom
click on
Save Changes  or CANCEL.

It's THAT Easy!

Cloudia's Rule:  

If you don't know what a choice does, 

then LEAVE IT AS IS 

(This is a corollary of the old: 

"If it aint broke - don't fix it.)

But the tips above 

are as explained 

and safe to change!

BONUS MIND-BLOWER:   

This LINK 

will take you DIRECTLY 

into YOUR settings!   

(It's magic, I think)

=^..^=

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Don't Bother with Blundering Blusterers

A     L     O     H     A    !

"Strange as it seems,

 no amount of learning

can cure stupidity,

and higher education

 positively fortifies it. "

Stephen Vizinczey

" A fanatic is 

one who can't 

change his mind 

and won't 

change the subject. "

 Sir Winston Churchill

Navatek "Swath Hull Technology"  LINK

" He who establishes 

his argument 

by noise and command, 

shows that 

his reason is weak. "

Michel de Montaigne

" Never wrestle with pigs.

You both get dirty

and the pig likes it."

George Bernard Shaw

" If your enemy is hungry, 

give him bread to eat;

And if he is thirsty, 

give him water to drink;

22 

For so you will 

heap coals of fire 

on his head,

And the Lord 

will reward you."

Bible, Proverbs 25

[ Sounds more satisfying

 than arguing! ]

 =^..^=   

Every issue has two sides to it.

Through discussion & debate
we all arrive at a 
better understanding.

That's how it's
Supposed to Work!

I no longer 
argue with,

- or long listen to -

aggrieved loudmouths

who do not yet

understand this.

They do not care 

to learn

possible flaws

in their lack

of reasoning,

but believe 

what they often hear,

and hear only

what they believe.

I agreeably refuse
to take notice,
to engage or respond
to their tirade
while remaining
friendly,
and open to
other topics and
activities.

I'm simply 
"Over It"

How about YOU?


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Inward Times Radiant or Fade-ient?

A     L     O     H     A   !

Reflective Lady Self

“Sometimes,

you have to look 

back 

in order to understand 

the things 

that lie 

ahead.” 

Yvonne Woon

Sunset Mandala


" Now and then
 it's good to pause 
in our pursuit 
of happiness 
and just 
be happy. "


Guillaume Apollinaire

Morning Daggers:
SUN V SHADOW

or is the 
next one
The Shot?

I like the cherry tail light
in the first,
and the strip of
sub-tropic green
in the second.
You?

=^..^=

Right now,
 I feel temporarily 

"filled up" 

and need to digest 

much. 
[No, nothing HUGE,
Thank God,
& thank You
for caring]

Time alone 

feels like a 

healing treatment. 

At such times
 I am 

more neutral,

less

 outgoing/radiant 

in public.

BUT

In ONE area of 
my life I:

 I meet cool people,
enjoy social support, 
creative outlet, 
a modest measure 
of success, 
a daily work-out 
on multiple levels.
Every Day-

No Matter the 
Weather
inside
or out!

You already know,
I'm talking about
Y O U,
who find my post
a place worthy
of your time!

Many of You
are bloggers sharing 
Your particular world
in Your particular way.
I am ALWAYS
rewarded by my
visits to You!

You are very present
to me. You have taken
me places I would never
know, see, appreciate.
[Yes, Inside and Out]

You inspire me.

Your comments
humble & 
sometimes,
thrill me.

Mahalo
means "Thank You."
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Present Reset

A     L     O     H     A   !

“Be here now.” 

 Ram Dass

" No canvas 

absorbs color

 like memory. "

 Robert Aris Willmott 

“ Learn to watch 

your drama unfold 

while at the same time 

knowing
you are more 
than your drama. "

 Ram Dass

" Many wealthy people 

are little more than 

janitors 

of their
possessions. "

 Frank Lloyd Wright 

=^..^= 

Some days
I am so absorbed
in my own "stuff!"

On the outside
it looks like
nothing's
going on.

But inside
I'm a symphony!

"Be Here Now"
sounds so trite,
but when we are
lost
in possibilities
coming back to
NOW
is a wonderful,
powerful skill.

So many profound
Truths
masquerade
as cliche`

And around we go!

How sweet to see
YOU here-


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Are Become Share

A     L     O     H     A   !

Cloud Paints Sea

" The greatest thing

 in the world 

is to know how 

to belong

 to oneself. "

Michel de Montaigne

Sun Paints Clouds

“ Give what you have. 

To someone it may 

be 

better than 

you dare to think. ”

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sky Hearts

People Paint Faces

"We acquire a 

particular quality 

by constantly acting

 a particular way... 

you become just 

by performing

 just actions, 

temperate by performing 

temperate action."  

Aristotle

Intentional?      Perception?

" We live by

encouragement

and die

without it -

slowly, sadly,

angrily. "

Celeste Holm

Thank You

 for encouraging me!

=^..^=

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Thanks for visiting!

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