Veterans of the Culture Wars

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" But 
there’s nothing wrong 
with old age 
that a curious mind, 
an 
active life and 
a glass of wine 
with a friend 
cannot cure. "


Friko 
Link

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These people suffered

 for being different 

in a way that people today 

cannot comprehend.

The culture they grew up in

called them sick, evil,

& worse. 

Most were 

estranged from

(or unknown to)

 their families.

They showed 
real courage

standing up 
for each other. 

They changed the way 

the world

looks at Diversity

and Human Rights. 
THIS generation
that we are talking about.

We all live the freedom 

that they won. 

They paid enormous

economic,

emotional,

& legal costs.

They nursed their

 closest friends

who died horribly

in the first nightmare years

of the AIDS Epidemic.

They wear no medals.
They draw no pensions.

But can't we see

that at least

they live with 

D I G N I T Y

that they have

 certainly earned

for others - 

for us?

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Hawaii Vacation in 2 Minutes

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Another Busy Day: Honolulu Harbor and HNL Link

" The trouble with the world

 is not that 

people know too little, 

but that they know 

so many things 

that ain't so. "

 Mark Twain


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I have long 
suspected
that 
much I believe
is actually
just one way
of looking at it.

Being disillusioned
in a GOOD way
is hard to explain!

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here a while, Friend
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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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Your Comment-
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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

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" 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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