Go Laughing

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Western cultures believe

we must be alive for a purpose,

 to work, to make money.

Some indigenous cultures believe

we're alive just as nature is alive:

to be here, to be beautiful & strange.

we don't need to achieve anything

to be valid in our humanness.

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@melatoninlau

We must learn to live

together as brothers or

perish together as fools.

  Martin Luther King Jr.

There's a thin line between

confidence and arrogance.

It's called humility.

   Aagam Shah

There is more to knowing
than just being correct.
Taoist Proverb

I know not all

that may be coming, but

be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Herman Melville

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The difference between

who you are and

who you want to be,

 is what you do.

   Bill Phillips

A loving heart is the

beginning of all knowledge.

   Thomas Carlyle

What is not spoken

we learn in the silence.

The biggest window in

the world is your mind,

The brightest mind is of course

the mind that has no curtains!

   Mehmet Murat ildan

Whatever you do

will be insignificant, but

it is very important

that you do it.

      Mahatma Gandhi

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Nice Smiles at the Okinawan Fest!

Sanshin twangs, a

haunting, ancient sound,

Honored greetings

to spirits all around.

 The sweetest sight,

and heart's delight,

Are friendly faces,

shining bright.

Each happy grin,

a warmth within,

Okinawan spirit,

let the fun begin!

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

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You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

  Walter Hagen

1955 Chevrolet

People with little knowledge

make up for it by

having big opinions.

Pixie

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Theodore Roosevelt

Let's trust the light

with open mind,

Embrace the good

we wish to find.

Kind thoughts our beacon,

bright and strong,

Summon angels

to come along.

So let us raise

our hearts on high,

Embrace the good, 

come on! Let's fly!

Cloudia Charters 

Encourage people in this challenging time simply by being kind. Remember how we used to do it? It was no big deal. Now it's huge. 

Fortunately, we are up to it!

Cloudia

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Compassion's warm wisdom Banishes fear. Masterpiece of kindness, Our inner light sincere.

Other people

have secret sorrows.

Private worries that

cloud their tomorrows.

You don't need to know

what they are.

Just shine on them

with your secret star.

Cloudia Charters

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! Audrey Hepburn

And above all, watch

with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in

the most unlikely places. Those who don't

believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl

The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed. Shams Tabrizi

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

A little elation
now and then can
help you feel alive again.

Pixie

Morning light
my gentle friend,
Warm my skin
night's at it's end

Thank you, light,
for waking me,
To all the joy
the day will be.

Cloudia

Inhale the calm,

exhale the strife,

This simple solace,

the gift of life.

Pixie

Let your gratitude

smother your fear.

      Cloudia

We define ourselves

by differences.

We defend ourselves

by tribes.

Discovering, becoming

Through loves and hates 

And all to which

we subscribe.

Till the time of reappraisal

If we're lucky to

be that smart.

We see beyond old choices

to become our truest heart.

      Cloudia Charters 

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

There is only one success-
-to be able to spend your life 
in your own way.
        Christopher Morley

Sometimes people are just

a different flavor from you

and that's okay.

We must not allow the 

clock and the calendar to 

blind us to the fact that 

each moment of life is 

a miracle and mystery.

             H. G. Wells

Giving love to others
and not expecting it back
is also a form of self-love.
Sylvester McNutt III

What is possible? The practical, simple and kind. We work, love and help others as best we can, gawk at nature, rest. Is that it? Pretty much...age teaches us that kind, simple and practical are enough, even in the face of the worst. Anne Lamott

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