Wake Self

A  L  O  H  A !

Misty Mornings

This morning I woke up,

and I was me.

Same place, right time,

same age, same face.

Morning On Tiny Cat's Feet

Sometimes I wonder

if the past 30 years

have only been a dream.

Would the dream fade, or

would all unfold as I had dreamt

so I could buy Apple and Google

the first day shares are offered?

Would I meet my mate?

Might I miss that date?

North King Street, Honolulu

How would life be different

If I were you and you were me?

What heaven or muck-Up

would that turn out to be?

“When I discover who I am, 

I’ll be free.”

          Ralph Ellison

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Messenger And Message

A  L  O  H  A !

To succeed in life, you need three things: 

a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

              Reba McEntire

You need to make a commitment, 

and once you make it, then life 

will give you some answers. 

             Les Brown

Same building as photo above

I fell in love with taking pictures, with 

wandering around finding things. 

To me, it feels like a kind of performance. 

The picture is a document of that performance.  

            Alec Soth

Whenever you have truth

it must be given with love,

or the message and

the messenger 

will be rejected.

          Gandhi

Linking To

Saturday Critters

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Kind

A   L  O  H  A !

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. 

As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, 

and hostility to evaporate”

             ALBERT SCHWEITZER

“Unexpected kindness is the 

most powerful, least costly, and most 

underrated agent of human change.”

BOB KERREY

“You can accomplish by kindness 

what you cannot by force”

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

“When words are both true and 

kind, they can change the world”

            BUDDHA

Linking To:

Feline Friday

Weekend Reflections

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Seeing Is Choosing

A  L  O  H  A !

If one sees only unloveliness in others, it is 

because unloveliness is a strong element 

in himself. The light he throws on others is 

generated in his own soul and sees them 

as he chooses to see them.

               Ernest Holmes

We are all butterflies. 

Earth is our chrysalis.

             LeeAnn Taylor

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

                Rafael Sabatini

There was a place in childhood 

that I remember well, and 

there a voice of sweetest tone 

bright fairy tales did tell.

Samuel Lover

Linking To:

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

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Too Good

A  L  O  H  A !

The old adage,

'If it sounds too good to be true, 

it probably is' 

isn't always correct. 

In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt 

that are inherent in this belief can and 

does keep people from taking advantage 

of excellent opportunities.

                       Richard Carlson

Photography is the only language 

that can be understood 

anywhere in the world.

              Bruno Barbey

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun 

without instruction in art.  

                        Ambrose Bierce

It's fun to peek into other people's worlds 

and see how they go about doing things. 

                Norah Jones

California Dreams

Someday you'll be 

as great as I am.

      Kim Peek

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Keys And Choices

A  L  O  H  A !

 The key to a good life is this: 

If you're not going to talk about something 

during the last hour of your life, then 

don't make it a top priority during your lifetime.

               Richard Carlson

Ki`i  Link
 Memories are truths we have chosen.

                      C.E. O'Grady

 Brothers

Choose to be kind over being right 

and you'll be right every time.

        Richard Carlson

A low mood is not the time to analyze your life. . . 

The trick is to be grateful for our good moods 

and graceful in our low moods—not taking them too seriously. The next time you feel low, f

or whatever reason, remind yourself, 

“This too shall pass.” It will.

            Richard Carlson

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The Way You See Yourself

A  L  O  H  A !

Dawn, Honolulu

Deal with the faults of others 

as gently as your own.      

     Chinese Proverb

Hawaiian Moonlight

Let us step into the night 

and pursue that flighty 

temptress, adventure.

                 J.K. Rowling

You cannot perform in a manner 

inconsistent with the way 

you see yourself.

                  Zig Ziglar

People ask me what my greatest strengths are 

and I say perspective. The best way 

to get that is to meet people that are 

polar opposites; you learn the most from them.

              Eddie Huang, Fresh Off The Boat

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Monday Murals

Macro Monday2

Our World Tuesday

The Good.Random.Fun.

Travel Tuesday

Tuesday Treasures

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World 

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