The Real Things

A L O H A !

" Remember, 

you don’t have to

 attend every argument 

you are invited to. "

Anon

" I am beginning

 to learn 

that it is the sweet, 

simple things

 of life 

which are the

 real ones

 after all. "

                     Laura Ingalls Wilder

" You must go on

 trying to be sincere.

 Each day you put on 

a mask,

 and you must take it off 

little by little. "

                                   G.I. GURDJIEFF

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Lovely to see

YOU

again, my Friends!

                   Fondly, cloudia

Some Looking Up

A   L   O   H   A !

 " Don't dwell on

 who let you down,

 cherish those 

who hold you up." 

                               Anon.

" I don't have to 

look up my family tree,

because I know 

that I'm the sap. " 

                          Fred Allen 

" Great talents are the most lovely

and often the most dangerous

fruits on the tree of humanity.

They hang upon the most

 slender twigs

that are easily snapped off. "

 Carl Jung

"“To live 
is the rarest thing 
in the world. 
Most people exist, 
that is all” 
 Oscar Wilde

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Thanks for Living some of it Here!

                           Warmly, cloudia

 Life is short; live it up. "

                                  Nikita Khrushchev

A Small Vastness

A  L  O  H  A !

" When the winds

 of change blow,

 some people build

 walls and 

others 

build windmills."

                 Chinese proverb

Big Talks on Big topics

are too soon wrecked

on the shoals of Big Dogmas

and Big Emotion.

A small shared joke,

or kindness

is a surer route to 

communion.

Be Vast

by keeping it

Small

See the blossoms and OPEN sign?

Enjoy Explore

Pay attention to

the "little things.

Be present-

 listen to others.

Leave them space

to pause,

then they will

relax and share

their truth
 with you.

love the dress!

Listening, 

being "right here"

not hurrying away -

these are the ways 

of a powerfully

radiant person

Don't try too hard -

Don't zone out.

This is Zen:

"Allow"

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Thank YOU

for pausing here!

                      Warmly, cloudia

Thank Heaven for Little Kids

A  L  O  H  A !

" A great person is 

one who has not

 lost the heart 

of a child. "

             Mencius

“There are 
a million rules 
for being a girl. 
There are a 
million things 
you have to do
 to get through 
each day. . . " 
               Elizabeth Scott,
                    The Unwritten Rule

"A smile is

 a curve 

that sets everything 

straight."

            Phyllis Diller

‎”Children are likely 

to live up to 

what you believe 

of them.” 

          Lady Bird Johnson

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Thanks for coming to Play!

                               Fondly, cloudia

" She had been a teenager 

once, 

and she knew that, 

despite the apparent contradictions,

 a person's teenage years 

lasted well into their fifties.” 

 Derek Landy, Mortal Coil

Mural Car!

A L O H A !

This ordinary car is a rolling chapel!

"Do not wait for 

extraordinary circumstances 

to do good action;

 try to use 

ordinary situations."

Jean Paul

See Other Murals

Here

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Thanks!

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Timeless YOU

A L O H A !

“The timeless in you 
is aware of life's timelessness. ”
Khalil Gibran

“Forget yesterday - 

it has already forgotten you. 

Don't sweat tomorrow - 

you haven't even met. 

Instead, open your eyes 

and your heart

 to a truly precious gift

 - today.” Steve Maraboli

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Thanks for Shining!

                         Fondly, cloudia

Every Day Wonders

A  L  O  H  A !

Sunset Ko'olau, Reflected

" Authenticity is

 having the courage 

to let others see you 

as you really are. "

                      Charlie Efford

Under Foot

"Be in love with your life.

 Every minute of it."

                              Jack Kerouac

Over Head

" When the 

doors of perception 

are cleansed, 

we will see things 

as they truly are,

 infinite. "

                  William Blake

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Every Day

is Christmas &

My Birthday-

You Friends

Are the Gifts!

                            Fondly, cloudia