Observations

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Happiness is always

on the other side

of being teachable.

Shannon L. Alder

Barringtonia asiatica is a species of Barringtonia native to mangrove habitats from islands of the Indian Ocean in the west to tropical Asia and islands of the western Pacific.   Wikipedia

When we are fairly observant

and overly patient,

a vibration of happiness

might crop up unwittingly,

- as we capture the

“timelessness” of a lucky

moment and a sparkle of

a stray instant, unexpectedly,

enraptures our life in a

blaze of color and splendor.

   Erik Pevernagie

For I was indeed a student

of human nature, as

every orphan and hooker

and unwanted kid must be.

    Carol Edgarian, Vera

To schedule life

is to miss it.

  Craig D. Lounsbrough

One gets the guru

one deserves.

Gandhi

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Better Times

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I don't think of

all the misery, but

of the beauty

that still remains.

     Anne Frank

Sorrow prepares you for joy.

It violently sweeps everything

out of your house, so that

new joy can find

space to enter.

It shakes the yellow leaves

from the bough

of your heart, so that

fresh, green leaves can grow

in their place. Whatever sorrow

shakes from your heart,

far better things will

take their place. Rumi

The Sorin Birds Caught My Eye in the

Morning Half-Light

The sōrin (相輪, lit. alternate rings)

is the vertical shaft (finial)

which tops a Japanese pagoda,

The sōrin of a wooden pagoda is

usually made of bronze .

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Dialogue with a Buoy

Everybody has barriers

and obstacles. If you

look at them as hurdles

that strengthen you

each time you

go over one,

then you're going to

be a success.

Benjamin Carson

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

Red serpents, fiery forms,

and yelling hags,

Fit company for

mad adventurers. Philip Freneau

The person you call an enemy

is an exaggerated aspect of

your own shadow self.

   Deepak Chopra

When we are aware of

our weaknesses or

negative tendencies,

we open the opportunity

to work on them. Allan Lokos

Opposites attract. 

Birds of a feather flock together.

Great minds think alike.

Fools seldom differ.

Absence makes the

heart grow fonder.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Even when you do not feel

big-hearted, you can give

yourself permission to

act that way. Lama Willa Miller

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Where Hearts Grow

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Greed are the handcuffs

and gratitude is the key.

Sadly, sometimes we prefer

wearing the cuffs to

finding the keys. Craig D. Lounsbrough

We are more accustomed

to seeing pink ginger

from the side like this.

Everything that slows us down

and forces patience, everything

that sets us back into the

slow circles of nature, is a help.

       May Sarton

It takes real heart

to make beauty

out of the stuff that

makes us weep.

      Clive Barker

When we give cheerfully

and accept gratefully,

everyone is blessed.

   Maya Angelou

It doesn’t matter how

strong or capable you are;

if you don’t have a big heart,

you will not succeed.

    Li Ka-shing

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

Some days I feel 

like I am made of

cotton candy:

All sugar and air!

Bright Towers Rise on a Cloudy Street

You plan a tower that 

will pierce the clouds? 

Lay first the foundation 

of humility.

  Saint Augustine

Virga Beard

Giant Swims to Horizon. Flutter Kick!

Be patient. Sometimes

you have to go through

the worst to get the best.

Keep swimming!

                                                      Dance Of The Rectangles!

Photography reduces the

world to strips and rectangles; photographers scrutinize the

surfaces of reality 

in hope of unlocking the

potential for significance

that is latent within them.

     Frank Gohlke

Young Pixie 4 years of age

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees. G. K. Chesterton

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

The best and most beautiful

things in the world cannot be

seen or even touched –

they must be felt

with the heart. Helen Keller

You have to stay fresh 

and blank in your mind

when you go out to bat.

You complicate things,

and you're gone.

Virat Kohli

I went to an antique auction

and people started

bidding on me.

Clean away the mud and straw 

and a mirror might be revealed.

                             Rumi

There was a skyness

to the sky and a

nowness to the world

that he had never seen or

felt or realized before.

        Neil Gaiman

If you cannot accept that

you are wrong

from time to time,

you will never really

be right.

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