Lion's Brain

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Myna & African Tulip Tree

Being a light in this world

does not necessarily mean

shining a light on things

of which you disapprove.

A lighthouse turns

and gives light.

That's all that it does,

it makes no judgments.

Judgments arouse anger.

Light rarely does that.

But when light does

bring anger, It is

anger that reveals

the Real Problem.

So be your light.

Be a warm sun

not a spotlight or siren.

Then you will

arouse and participate

in the love that

is still changing

the whole world.

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Love You,

             Cloudia & Pixie

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They say that adding

Lion's Mane Link

to your drink, gives you

L I O N 's  B R A I N !

Science Agrees.

See another drink

in this photo?*

*Rolling Rock Beer

Events Always Current

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Better keep yourself

clean and bright;

you are the window

through which you

must see the world.

         George Bernard Shaw

Life is a partly a

poignant business;

If you have a heart.

But I don't believe

in being armoured*

Choosing empathy

or it's lack decides

who we really are.

I can't help everyone.

I can't educate everyone

but I can care about them.

We are told to laugh

with those who laugh,

and to mourn with

those who mourn.

What does this mean

but to have a heart,

 to CARE!

[I like the tiny photographer in this picture]

Events are always current.

Don't let the temporary

cause you to miss

the enduring!

The ideals 

which have lighted my way, 

and time after time 

have given me new courage 

to face life cheerfully, 

have been Kindness, 

Beauty, and Truth.

                         Albert Einstein

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CloudiaPixie

* ar·mor /ˈärmər/ past tense: armoured; past participle: armoured provide (someone) with emotional, social, or other defenses. "the knowledge armored him against her" Definitions from Oxford Languages

Anti-Fragile

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Some things benefit

from shocks;

they thrive and grow

when exposed to volatility,

randomness, disorder, and

stressors and love adventure,

risk, and uncertainty.

Yet, in spite of the

ubiquity of the phenomenon,

there is no word

for the exact opposite

   of fragile. -

- Let us

call it antifragile.

Antifragility is beyond

resilience or robustness.

The resilient resists shocks

and stays the same;

the antifragile gets better.*

If you get easily bored,

it means that your

BS detector is

functioning properly;

if you forget (some) things,

it means that your mind

knows how to filter;

and if -

you feel sadness,

it means that

you are human.

   Nassim Taleb

Every human being

is an artist,

a freedom being,

called to participate in

transforming and reshaping

the conditions, thinking and

structures that shape and

inform our lives.

Joseph Beuys

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* From the book, Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

Not Count The Years

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

Life is far too

important a thing

ever to talk

seriously about.

       Oscar Wilde

I restore myself

when I'm alone.

 Marilyn Monroe

Expect the best!

Save yourself

the wear & tear.

Then if the

worst happens

you will have the

resources to handle it,

not the exhaustion

of the self-defeated.

Honu

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles

like this one

have endured since

the dinosaurs.

This one was seen on Oahu's

North Shore by my friend

         Mike Price

Let us know the

happiness time brings, 

not count the years.

         Ausonius Link

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Here's something I like to do:

Look at some news stories

from a few years back.

I ask myself

"Is THAT what all the

worry was about?!"

Looks smaller in

the rear view.

And it always does.

Today is just the same.

In retrospect

it will make beautiful

and good sense.

Love You,

  Cloudia & Me, [Pixie]

Linking To

Eileen's Saturday Critters

Mesology Lessons

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I hope to become a better

 ‘mesologist' *

one who studies

the means of

attaining happiness.

To myself I am

but a small child

wandering upon the

vast shores of knowledge,

every now and then

finding a small

bright pebble to

content myself with.

       Plato

We are superior

to everyone

who looks

down on us.

One word frees us 

of all the weight 

and pain of life: 

that word is love.

      Sophocles

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Cloudia & Pixie

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* Coined around 1830, in the writings of the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham

All The Secrets

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Feeling lost, crazy and

desperate belongs

to a good life

as much as

optimism, certainty

and reason.

Alain de Botten

Happiness is never

an accident. It is

the prize we get

when we choose wisely

from life's stories

Joseph Dunn

Wise people are

the roosters of

the universe:

Awakening

the unawake!

  Mehmet Murat ildan

When opinions become

identities, they warp

our understanding and

make it harder to

change one’s mind as

the situation changes.

Michael Bang Petersen

All the secrets

of the world worth

knowing are hiding

in plain sight.

Robin Sloan

The actual flower of Red Ginger plants

are the small white flowers! 

Did you humans know that

Seat belts aroused heated debate

despite increasing scientific research

in the 1940s and 1950s showing

their value in saving lives?

Some car owners even cut the

seat belts out of their cars!

Don't worry. Some of you

have ALWAYS been

C R A Z Y!

Strangely comforting perspective.

You're Welcome

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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