Irreplaceable You

A  L   O  H  A !

" If you carry 

your childhood with you, 

you never become older.

                        Abraham Sutzkever

“ Don't forget - 

no one else 

sees the world 

the way you do, 

so no one else 

can tell the stories 

that you have to tell. ” 

                  Charles de Lint

 " Remember the quiet wonders. 

The world has more need of them 

than it has for warriors. ” 

                       Charles de Lint

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Where did all this 

Change come from?

I didn't ask for this.

Most of it great-

Yes even good things 

come with change and

a feeling mighty strange.

As we become

our next become.

Glad you joined me

one to one.

YOUR visit

means the world

to me!

                         cloudia

Love Lens

A  L  O  H  A !

" If we look at the world 

with a love of life, 

the world will reveal 

its beauty to us. "

                  Daisaku Ikeda 

Linking to

Shadow Shot Sunday2

Thank YOU!

                         Cloudia

When Really Needed

A  L  O  H  A !

" The different and the

 novel are sweet, but 

regularity and repetition

 are also teachers. "

                            Mary Oliver

" A day is lost -

if one has

 not laughed. "

                  French Proverb

" Love me when 

I least deserve it,

 because that's when 

I really need it. "

                   Swedish Proverb

Linking to

Saturday Critters

Thank YOU!

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Roll On Catharsis

A  L  O  H  A !

"  The thing 
that is really hard,

 and really amazing,

 is giving up 

on being perfect

 and beginning the 

work of

becoming yourself. "

                                          Anna Quindlen

" There is nothing like

 returning to a place

 that remains unchanged

 to find the ways

 in which you 

yourself 

have altered. "

                    Nelson Mandela

"Butterfly Chasing Moon 

Through Silk Waves"

River roll on

Don't provocate

Just keep running

Catharsis will come.

Sooner or later
All that's left
Is the flavor
Of how You
Acted.

So
Deescalate! Flow on!
O River
Looking for
Your
Breakthrough.

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Thank GOODNESS
hurricanes pass,
tsunamis peter out,
life's storms always break
sooner or later.

We come out 
the other side
awed, & cleansed.

So Celebrate, Friends!
Roll On
                          Fondly, cloudia

Sky Watch

A  L  O  H  A !

" The richest love is

 that which submits

 to the arbitration

 of time.

                           Lawrence Durrell 

Linking to 

SkyWatch

Thank You!

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Friend For Life

A  L  O  H  A !

Once 

you've been loved 

by a cat
there is no
going back,

you're over

 the puss-ipice!
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" Your mind will 
enchain you. 
Your heart will 
set you free. "
                     Rasheed Ogunlaru

" Heaven 
can be found 
in the most 
unlikely corners. "
             Mitch Albom

Thank YOU!

             Warmly, cloudia

Fence Focus

A  L  O  H  A !

" Sometimes we focus

 so much on what 

we don't have that

 we fail to see, 

appreciate, and use 

what we do have!” 

                       Jeff Dixon

Linking to

Good Fences

Thank You!

               Warmly, cloudia