Happiest

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Whoever you are, no matter

how lonely, the world offers

itself to your imagination,

calls to you like the

wild geese, harsh & exciting-

over & over announcing

your place in the

family of things. Mary Oliver

Who are the happiest people on earth?

A craftsman or artist whistling

over a job well done.

A little child building sand castles.

A mother, after a busy day,

bathing her baby. A doctor

who has finished a difficult and

dangerous operation, and

saved a human life.

Elbert Hubbard

Intelligence is a crown

worn by the wise

that only the

enlightened can see.

  Matshona Dhliwayo

In the faint moonlight,

the grass is singing T. S. Eliot

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Be content to stand

in the light, and

let the shadow fall

where it will. 

  Mary W. Stewart

Handful

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The sky is already purple;

the first few stars have

appeared, suddenly, as if

someone had thrown

a handful of silver across

the edge of the world.

Alice Hoffman

Who closes eyes to

dictatorships

kneels his eyelids. Charles de Leusse

(Qui ferme les yeux aux dictatures -

Agenouille en fait les paupières.)

Green is the prime color

of the world, and that from

which its loveliness arises.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Oahu Moon, Courtesy Mike Price

I did not wish to take a

cabin passage, but rather to

go before the mast and

on the deck of the world,

for there I could best see the

moonlight amid the mountains.

Henry David Thoreau.

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How does it happen that

something that makes so

much sense in the moonlight

doesn't make any sense

at all in the sunlight? Lana Turner

Somebody who views the world

at fifty the same as they did

at twenty has wasted

thirty years of life. Muhammad Ali

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Distances

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Words that soak into your ears

are whispered, not yelled. The best sermons are

lived, not preached.

Farm Wisdom

Be grateful for luck. Pay

the thunder no mind -

listen to the birds. And

don't hate nobody.

    Eubie Blake

Green anole is a tree-dwelling species
of anole lizard native to the southeastern
United States and introduced
to islands in the Pacific
and Caribbean. 

If you feel lost, disappointed,

hesitant, or weak,

return to yourself, to

who you are, here and now

and when you get there,

you will discover yourself, like

a lotus flower in full bloom,

even in a muddy pond,

beautiful and strong.

   Masaru Emoto

I've never SEEN a

Bunny in Waikiki!

Still Haven't!

Learning to distance yourself

from all the negativity is

one of the greatest lessons

to achieve inner peace.

  Roy T. Bennett

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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 Eubie Blake:

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

Keep your face always

toward the sunshine,

and shadows will

fall behind you.

Walt Whitman

Your face is a billboard

advertising your

philosophy of life!

Barbara Johnson

I never forget a face, but

in your case I'll

make an exception.

 Groucho Marx

I think your whole life

shows in your face

and you should be

proud of that.
Lauren Bacall

2012

As one grows older

one should grow more expert

at finding beauty in

unexpected places, in deserts

and even in towns, in

ordinary human faces and

among wild weeds.

C. C. Vyvyan

𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋋

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Made For You

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The minute you start seeing

your obstacles as things that

are made for you, to give you

what you need, then life starts to

get fun, right? You start surfing

on top of your problems

instead of living underneath them. Ashton Kutcher

Everybody needs a hug.

It changes your metabolism.

Leo Buscaglia

I had the whole sky
in my eyes and it
was blue and gold.
Albert Camus

Let go of the thoughts

that don’t make you strong.

Karen Salmansohn

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Do Angels Cry

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Do angels cry?

We know they care deeply

about good and why. 

So sometimes they do. 

And that's okay too.

Getting over a painful experience

is much like crossing monkey bars.

You have to let go at some point

in order to move forward.

  C. S. Lewis

Be happy in the moment,

that’s enough. Each

moment is all we need,

not more.

Mother Teresa

A true friend is someone

who thinks that you

are a good egg

even though he knows that

you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer

𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆇

Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Once in a While

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Once in a while, you

pick the right thing,

the exact best thing.

Every day, the moment you

open your eyes and pull

off your blankets, that's

what you hope for.

The sunshine on your face,

warm enough to

make you heart sing. Sarah Ockler

Peace begins

with a smile.

Mother Teresa

Smile, your

soul's watching

Allan Rufus

Fallen blossoms are in their

golden years.

They bloomed and went through an

entire Becoming & Beautifying.

Now they have dropped.

Some are beautiful, still fresh,

 perched in beautiful places.

Others are beginning to brown

around the edges. Some

even land face down. But

even the back of a flower is

a beautiful thing to those who look.

We are all flowers and someday

we will fall. Let's give

thanks for today and for

the sun that is on our face

at this moment. And

let's go on beautifying and

healing the world

together.

Paint the flying spirit

of the bird

rather than its feathers.

  Robert Henri

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