Lily Spring in the Bud

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Tight in the Bud

" There is nothing stronger
 in the world 
than gentleness. "

Han Suyin

" Find the seed 
at the bottom of your heart 
and bring forth a flower. "

Shigenori Kameoka

" You cannot 
teach a man anything;
you can only help him 
find it within himself. "

Galileo

" There came a time 
when the risk
 to remain tight
 in the bud 
was more painful 
than the risk it took 
to blossom. "

Anaïs Nin

" Obstacles 
cannot crush me. 
Every obstacle 
yields to stern resolve. 
He who is 
fixed to a star 
does not change 
his mind. "


Leonardo DaVinci 
Notebooks (c. 1500)



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Hawaii Skywatch

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" Continue to do good, 
and heaven 
will 
come down 
to you. "


Hawaiian Proverb

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People and Puppies

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 Undulating Roots & Yearning Branches

"Trees that are
 slow to grow
 bear the best fruit."  

Moliere

 Jungle Clearing Glimmer Over There

" Flowers bring 
to a liberall and gentlemanly minde 
the remembrance of honestie,
 comelinesse and 
all kindes of virtues. " 

John Gerard

 Tiny Dancer

" Little flower - but 
if 
I could understand, 
what you are, 
root and all
 in all,
 I should know 
what God 
and man is. "

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Reflected Glory

"Wherever 
you stand 
be the soul 
of that place."


Rumi

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People & Puppies
always mean well
their hearts are pure
even when they growl.

People & Puppies
only need love
to learn to Be With
instead of a shove.

People & Puppies
look into their eyes
some show joy,
 some pain, or
Well Being.
Life they've lived
is what you're seeing
longing for love,
resolution
and Healing.

When you look
in the eyes
of Puppies & People
Honor what you see there
make That
your Cathedral.

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Magical Thinking Much?

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" The most beautiful thing 
we can experience 
is the mysterious.
It is the source 
of all true art 
and science. "


Albert Einstein

Tapa Design & Moon Link

" The world of religion 
isn't a logical world; 
that's why children like it. 
It's a world of 
worked-out fantasies, 
very similar to 
children's stories or 
fairy tales. "

Yehuda Amichai

'There is nothing 
either good or bad, 
but thinking 
makes it so.'


William Shakespeare 


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In the light of day, 

in front of other people,

we do not believe in magic.

But science now shows

that we DO believe in

Magical Thinking

and we act on it.

A recent study showed the persistence

of the ancient magical belief

in what researchers called

Contagion.

We do behave and make choices

in accordance with our deep belief

that a person's "essence" can be

transferred, or "rub off on us."

In this study, people were shown

willing to pay more for items

owned and used by celebrities.

Our relatives, the social chimps,

pay lots of attention

to what the Alpha (celebrity) 

chimps do.

"Chimp See 

Chimp Celebrity Do Something - 

Chimp Do."

People especially paid more

for clothing and personal items

that the celebrity touched and used.

If the person was a "bad person"

people were only willing to 

pay less for their items.

 "Contagion is a form of 
magical thinking 
in which people believe 
that a person's immaterial 
qualities or essence 
can be transferred to an object 
through physical contact," researchers write.
 Their findings, they add, 
"suggest that magical thinking 
may still have effects 
in contemporary 
Western societies."  Link

This is one reason
why the lonely
are lonely,
why some of us
hate going into 
hospital
even to visit.

We also "catch"
yawns & smiles.
I hope you catch
more smiles
than yawns
when visiting here!

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Come Up to Peaceful

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" The secret of life
 is enjoying 
the passage of 
time. "


James Taylor

" Still round the corner 
there may wait, 
A new road 
or a secret gate. "

J. R. R. Tolkien

" Even a cat 
is a lion 
in her own lair. "

Indian Proverb

" The smallest feline

 is a masterpiece. "

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Happiness Recharge

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Could Hide with Your Thumb!

" If you always 
fear misfortune, 
you'll miss out 
on happiness. "


Hebrew Proverb

Rainbow Tower Link

"Health flows 
from the happiness 
of the heart. "


Sicilian Saying

“The logic of words 
should yield 
to the logic 
of realities.”

Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

THAT is a Yacht!

" Few desires, happy life. "

Moroccan Wisdom Saying

" Happiness is 

a place between 

too little 

and too much. "

Finnish 

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Grandma used to say

that if everyone

took their problems

out to the sidewalk

to trade,

everybody 

would 

go back inside

with their own.

Just do

what you can do

today.

Then Rest.

Don't forget

to ENJOY 

the little pleasures!

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looking in!

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Sunny Cruise Waikiki

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Lahaina, Kona, Tokyo - Wherever YOU want!

" When you know that, 
the power that is LIFE
 is inside you, 
you accept your own 
divinity, 
and yet you are
 humble, 
because you see 
that same divinity
 in everyone else. "

Don Miguel Ruiz

Click to feel the splashing

Paddlers at Play by Palm Shores


“ You are not 
just the drop 
in the ocean. 
You are 
the mighty ocean 
in the drop. "

 Rumi. 

Pretty Papaya Tree


"Knowledge speaks, 
but wisdom 
listens."

 Jimi Hendrix

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"I don't want to 

achieve immortality 

through my work; 

I want to achieve 

immortality 

through not dying."

 Woody Allen

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