No Great Deed

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“ Calmness is 
the cradle of
 power. ” 

 J.G. Holland

" No great deed, 
private or public, 
had ever been 
undertaken in a 
bliss of certainty."

Leon Wieseltier

" If 
you saw a heat wave, 
would you wave 
back? "

Steven Wright

" Excuse me 
while I kiss 
the sky. "


Jimi Hendrix


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We try to avoid 

 the unpleasant.

But overlooking 

part of experience

only gives us 

'blind spots."

   When we observe 

ourselves, 

without shying away

 from the pain,

insight has a way

of finding us. 

Pain brings truth

 as pleasure does.

 And a wrong turn

can bring you 

to unexpected 

vistas,

fresh insights-

especially

about ourselves.

Honesty
to Self & Other

is a source of

power.

Pause briefly
from being 

the Hero,

or Victim,

and inhabit

the place of the

Witness.

" Everything changes 

once we identify with 

being the witness 

to the story, 

instead of the 

actor in it.” 

 Ram Dass 

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Clearer We Should See

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Glow Drink!

" When I am able 
to resist 
the temptation to 
judge others, 
I can see them 
as teachers of 
forgiveness 
in my life, 
reminding me that 
I can 

only have peace of mind 
when I forgive 
rather than judge. "

Gerald Jampolsky 

Dawn Layers

" The more sand
 that has escaped 
from the hourglass 
of our life, 
the clearer 
we should see 
through it. "

Attributed to:
 Niccolo Machiavelli
 Jean-Paul Sartre &

[German Author] Jean Paul 

" Life is too short

 to spend hoping 

that the perfectly arched

 eyebrow 

or hottest new lip shade 

will mask an 

ugly heart. "

Kevyn Aucoin
Lovely Person
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 " I think that if 
 you live long enough, 
 you realize 
 that so much of  
 what happens in life 
 is out of your control, 
 but how you respond  
 to it is in 
 your control. 
That's what I try 

    to remember. "

Hillary Clinton

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Phantom of the Sidewalk

Kama the Surfing Piglet

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Stand Like a Tree

A    L    O    H    A  !

" Even if I knew
 that tomorrow
 the world would 
go to pieces,
 I would still 
plant my apple tree. "

Martin Luther

" All theory, dear friend, 

is gray, 

but the 

golden tree of life 

springs ever green. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

" Except during

 the nine months 

before he draws 

his first breath, 

no man 

manages his affairs

 as well as 

a tree does. "

George Bernard Shaw

" But though 

to the outer ear 

these trees are 

now silent, 

their songs never 

cease. "

John Muir

Banana "Trees" aren't. They are giant grasses!

" I looked up my family tree 

and found out 

I was the sap. "

Rodney Dangerfield

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Often,
what we THINK we know
is wrong.

Conventional wisdom holds
that aging
causes less productivity.

But a recent study
of old growth trees
has turned 
such assumptions
upside down.

 Scientists from 16 nations 

studied 673,046 individual trees  

of over 400 species 

on six continents finding:

   
As they get older and bigger

trees actually 

accelerate their growth!

"This finding contradicts 

the usual assumption 

that tree growth eventually declines 

as trees get older and bigger,

It also means that big, old trees 

are better

 at absorbing carbon 

from the atmosphere

 than has been 

commonly assumed.

"In human terms,

 it is as if our growth 

just keeps accelerating 

after adolescence, 

instead of slowing down. 

By that measure, 

humans could weigh 

half a ton by middle age,

 and well over a ton

 at retirement." 

 Nate Stephenson, 

lead author, forest ecologist 

US Geological Survey (USGS)

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I know

that I am more able

than ever,

not perhaps

in weight lifting

or partying all night

but in living life

wisely, well

and contributing

to it.

Like You!

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Someone We Trust

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"We know what we are,

 but know not 

what we may be."

 William Shakespeare

Cloud Lips

“ We always see our worst selves. 
Our most vulnerable selves. 
We need someone else 
to get close enough 
to tell us
 we’re wrong. 
Someone we trust.” 

 David Levithan

" My life 
is neither a disaster 
nor supernatural, 
yet it is an 
unlikely event. "

Douglas Coupland

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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

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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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