From The Inside Outward

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I am still determined to be

cheerful and happy, in whatever

situation I may be; for I have

also learned from experience that

the greater part of our happiness

or misery depends upon our

dispositions, and not

upon our circumstances.

Martha Washington

The truth is ultimately

very simple.

Lies grow in complication

until they break down

The goal of life is rapture.

Joseph Campbell

Greatness isn't achieved by worrying

what everyone thinks of you.

Don't look outside. The

praise, criticism, expectations;

it's all just noise. Look inside

to your heart and soul

and do your thing.

Do it with love

and create greatness

from the inside out.

   Jon Gordon 

Sunshine on my shoulders

makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes

can make me cry
Sunshine on the water

looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always

makes me high
John Denver, Michael C. Taylor,
Richard L. Kniss

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Be a safe space

wherever you go 

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Pausing By

A L O H A From Honolulu!

There is a difference between:

Rushing through, passing through, and pausing. 'Rushing through' shows some sights, 'passing through' reveals even more but 'pausing' makes us part of the scene,

rewarding & revealing what we never noticed before.

Find a place where there's joy,
and the joy will
burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

If you can feel that 

staying human 

is worthwhile, 

even when it can’t have

any result whatever, 

you’ve beaten them.

    George Orwell

Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive. Howard Thurman

Grey skies are just
clouds passing over.
Duke Ellington

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain

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Magic and Wonder

A L O H A From Honolulu!

"I wish I could get paid to

be at the beach without

swimming ability?"

After the rain, the sun

will reappear. There is life.

After the pain, the joy

will still be here.

      Walt Disney

After a day of cloud and wind and rain Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again, And touching all the darksome woods with light, Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Inside an African Tulip fallen from the tree

Growing up, I heard a lot about strength. My dad - a Holocaust survivor - embodied it, though he would never say that about himself. Not only did he survive one of the most horrific events in history, but he never lost hope along the way, crediting acts of kindness with keeping him alive. Daniel Lubetzky

Crepe Ginger Flowers

grow from these bracts:

Crepe Ginger

Indian Mynas are not only fierce looking. Tough!

There is magic and wonder for eyes who know how to look with curiosity and love. Anon.

Love comforeth like sunshine after rain, Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain; Shakespeare 

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Among Which

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Adapt yourself to the things

among which your lot has been cast

and love sincerely

the fellow creatures

with whom destiny has ordained 

that you shall live.

    Marcus Aurelius

Vulnerability is the portal to feeling. Feeling is the portal to strength. A.D. Posey

E C L A T

What a wonderful life I've had!
I only wish
I'd realized it sooner.
Colette

Normal people don’t know how lucky

—how blessed—

they are. Darren Shan

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections. Chinese Proverb

It has been said that

next to hunger and thirst,

our most basic human need

is for storytelling.

  Khalil Gibran

Pixie Had Six Roommates *

It takes a long time

to become young.

Pablo Picasso

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Cloudia & Pixie

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 Dogs are dignified dual citizens who plead the case for all mute creation with their human owners. Adam Gopnik 

* From Top Left: Monkey holding Buddha,

Turtle's shell, Sleepy Bear & Mother Bear cradling Cub

(see Cub's little nose?)

Pixie The Blogging Cat

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Monkeypod Tree Flower

We are the thoughts

we choose to keep.
A.D. Posey

In times of toxic governments,

compassion

will keep you sane.

  Steven Magee

A flower does not use words

- to announce its arrival

to the world -

- it just blooms.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Keep & seal the unexplainable

truths of your life

in your heart only.

  Sonal Takalkar

I'd keep your beauty timeless.

like a flower pressed in a book, yes

I wouldn't let it fade

Folded in the chapters of my mind

  Richard L. Ratliff

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  Pixie & Cloudia

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Define You

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Out of suffering

have emerged
the strongest souls.
Khalil Gibran

My grandmother started walking five

miles a day when she was sixty.

She's ninety-seven now, and we

don't know where the heck she is.

     Ellen DeGeneres

The reason there's a question mark

on my front door is just in case

I forget my address.

  Leslie Nielsen

Your dreams are what define

your individuality. They have

the power to give you wings

and make you fly high.

P. V. Sindhu

Cherry Blossoms & Taiko Drum

Let us find inner freedom

in each lucky moment that

we encounter, like a

sun-basking butterfly

that finds peace on a

cherry blossom petal.

Erik Pevernagie

I’d like to divide myself

in order to see, among these

mountains, each and every

flower of every cherry tree.

Saigyo

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia