Knowing AND Doing

A  L  O  H  A !

" To know and not to do, 

is not to know. "

                         Chinese Proverb

Yes! Knowing 

and Doing

are two 

separate things!

" I do not understand; 
for I am not practicing 
what I would like to do, 
but I am doing the 
very thing I hate. "
                      Romans 7:15

“People often say 

motivation doesn't last. 

Neither does bathing 

— that's why we 

recommend it daily.” 

                        Zig Ziglar

" It's not the load 

that breaks you down,

 it's the way you carry it. " 

             Lou Holtz

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Thank YOU

for Musing 

with Us!
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Selfish Affection

A  L  O  H  A !

" I can't go back to 

yesterday because 

I was a different 

person then. "

               Lewis Carroll

" Selfishness is not living 

as one wishes to live, 

it is asking others to live

as one wishes to live. "

                      Oscar Wilde

"The way to change 

others' minds 

is with affection, 

and not anger." 

                      Dalai Lama

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Thank YOU!

               Warmly, cloudia

Bake Sing Forgive Heal

A  L  O  H  A !

" Take the broken

 pieces of your life, 

bake a master cake 

out of it. "

             Israelmore Ayivor

" A friend is someone 

who knows the song 

in your heart, and 

can sing it back to you 

when you have 

forgotten the words. "

                Donna Roberts

" When you have 

a forgiving attitude, 

it is yourself 

that you heal! "

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These Waikiki Sights
Linked to
Our World Tuesday

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Thank YOU!

Sorely Missed

A L O H A !

" If with kindly generosity

One merely has the wish to soothe

The aching hearts of other beings,

Such merit has no bounds. "

                               Kuan Yin

This mural of Kwan Yin was one of
my favorite features of Waikiki.
Torn down last year!

Linking to

Monday Murals


Thank You!
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Human Rainbow or Zoo?

A L O H A !

Slavery & sex trafficking 

turn a human into a commodity.

 We all understand 

how wrong that is. 

And yet, don't we ALL 

commodify other people 

based on what 

we want from them? 

If they are homeless, 

smelly, too close, we

 give them a 

very low value. 

If they look a certain way,

 or control something 

we need or want (job) 

then we put a premium 

on pleasing them. 

When you really GET 

that each person 

is a whole world, 

it changes your 

whole world. 

A person may not

have value to me, 

but they have VALUE 

as I do. 

This means bothering to 

RESPECT before 

we shoot off our mouths

 teaching, or correcting strangers..

It means

 valuing,

noticing,

caring.

Even if we

DO nothing

different.

Seeing people 

differently

heals our eyes;

and our hearts.

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YOU Are

Valued Here!

Fondly, cloudia

Shadow Bright

A  L  O  H  A !

I like how these people 

emerge from the shadow 

into the brightness of 

the green bottles.

Linking to

Shadow Shot Sunday2

Thank YOU!

               Warmly, cloudia

Everything Changed

A  L  O  H  A !

" Grace is the face 

that love wears when 

it meets imperfection. "

             Joseph R. Cooke 

" Those who are 

willing to be 

vulnerable 

move among 

the mysteries. "

             Theodore Roethke

click on photo to see my drake

" Everything changed 

the day she 

figured out there 

was exactly enough 

time for the important 

things in her life. "

                 Brian Andreas

Linking to

Saturday Critters

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HOW did Brian know?!

This is the week

that I finally owned

that there IS

enough time

for what matters

in my life.

I expect to forget

and remember it

many times.

That is the REAL

 Circle of Life!

Are YOU

Making time for

yourself & for

what matters?

I hope so.

              Fondly, cloudia