Smile Behind the Mask

A   L   O   H   A  !

Wherever you go, 

no matter what the weather, 

always bring your own sunshine.

     Anthony J. D'Angelo

It is the artist's business 

to create sunshine 

when the sun fails.

   Romain Rolland

If you want to see the sunshine, 

you have to weather the storm.

Frank Lane

Java  Finch

The world goes up and 

the world goes down, 

the sunshine follows the rain; 

and yesterday's sneer 

and yesterday's frown 

can never come over again.     

Charles Kingsley

Those who bring sunshine 

to the lives of others cannot 

keep it from themselves.     

James Matthew Barrie

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Love You,

                              cloudia & Pixie

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And You Lift Me

A  L  O  H  A !

I'll lift you 

and you lift me, 

and we'll both 

ascend together.

John Greenleaf Whittier

The two most 

powerful warriors are 

patience and time. 

Leo Tolstoy

Stealing A Drink

In wine there is wisdom,

in beer there is freedom, 

in water there is bacteria.     

Benjamin Franklin

Every second is 

of infinite value. 

     Goethe

The future has a way 

of arriving unannounced. 

George F. Will

When I was a kid, you could walk into Independence Hall in Philadelphia - the place where the USA was born - and touch the Liberty Bell. It was big, cold, and had a crack in it. The crack had metal repairs; Round pieces of metal wedged in to hold the bell together. 

Independence Hall was at that time a dusty old building that had simply endured as the city grew around it, not yet a polished treasure. Especially in that day, the spirit of our founders hovered everywhere around a school child. 

And the bell. You could touch the bell with your own hands. No glass. It was right there to spend a moment with: the bell that proclaimed liberty throughout the land. It has a long, jagged crack. It is obviously not perfect. 

But nothing human is. 

Together we build an always more perfect union. 

Police are not the enemy - nor is the very American 

yearning to be better, to shine on a hill. . . . 

proclaiming Liberty. . . . everywhere. . . 

to ALL!

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                                              Pixie & Cloudia

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Cornerstone

A   L   O   H   A  !

We act as though 

comfort and luxury were 

the chief requirements of life, 

when all that we need 

to make us happy is 

something to be 

enthusiastic about.

    Charles Kingsley

We learn simply by 

the exposure of living. 

Much that passes for 

education is not education 

at all but ritual. The fact is 

that we are being educated 

when we know it least.

David P. Gardner

Doing what you love 

is the cornerstone of 

having abundance 

in your life. 

     Wayne Dyer

How people treat you 

is their karma; 

how you react 

is yours. 

   Wayne Dyer

I’m very pleased 

to be here. 

Let’s face it, 

at my age 

I’m very pleased 

to be anywhere.

     George Burns   

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            Pixie & cloudia

Never Too Many

A  L  O  H  A !

Oahu Morning.

Ko`olau Mountains

from Kapiolani Blvd;

Honolulu

Solitude is the soil in 

which genius is planted, 

creativity grows, and 

legends bloom; 

-faith in oneself 

is the rain 

that cultivates a hero 

to endure the storm, 

and bare the genesis 

of a new world, 

a new forest.

    Mike Norton

The art of life is 

to know how to 

enjoy a little and 

to endure much.

William Hazlitt

Endure everything with 

enthusiastic hope.

enjoy, endure.

Lailah Gifty Akita

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Some of us care

about our neighbors.

Some really only

care about themselves.

The tricky and self-serving 

try to seem angels of light.

Fooling good, 

simple people

who then are lured

farther and far from 

simple good.

We all have a 

self preservation instinct

but not all have a 

civic and moral anchor.

Fewer seem to realize

HOW these two 

dance together.

Words only go so deep.

Let your conscience

be your guide.

Be a witness

not a reactor.

Together

up the ladder.

The can never be

too many angels.

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Love You,

                      cloudia & Pixie

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Being True

A   L   O   H   A  !

The good life is 

a process, not a 

state of being. 

It is a direction 

not a destination. 

    Carl Rogers

We are eager 

judges for the 

mistakes of others, but 

very good defense lawyers 

for our own mistakes.

Nicky Gumbel

 Mise en Abyme  

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Children learn more 

from what you are,

than what you teach.

    W. E. B. Du Bois

The happiness of your life 

depends upon the quality 

of your thoughts: 

therefore, guard 

accordingly, 

and take care that you 

entertain no notions 

unsuitable to virtue and 

reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius

The only way 

to find yourself 

is when you start 

being true to 

everyone around you.

      Anonymouse

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                          cloudia & Pixie

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Most Of Them Never Happened

A   L   O   H   A !

Accept in an 

unruffled spirit that 

which is inevitable.

          Seneca

I’ve suffered a great 

many catastrophes 

in my life. 

Most of them 

never happened.

    Mark Twain 

Are Railings Little Fences?

With lies you may 

go ahead in the world, 

but you can never go back.

       Russian Proverb

One may study 

calligraphy at eighty.

Japanese Proverb

We can keep our eyes open,

We can and should find ways to help.

Voting matters most of all!

But sacrificing our peace of  mind

is useless idolatry, as if giving up our

calm well-being can somehow send it

where needed. 

Silly when looked at that way.

Rest your anchor in your values.

Sure, anchors wiggle in the current

sometimes, but if yours 

is not holding, you may need 

to plant it deeper,

perhaps in a slightly

different place.

Be a holder of the Right.

Hold it quiet and high.

Don't squabble

with squabblers.

It's all they have.

Refuse to play.

But set your eyes

on the rising

better day.

Rededicate yourself to 

YOUR passionate quests.

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                       cloudia & Pixie

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