Be Lucky

A L O H A From Honolulu!

See the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding but it is always there. The more we can see the magic in one thing, a tiny flower, a mango, someone we love, then the more we are able to see the magic in everything and in everyone. Where does the mango stop and the sky begin?

  Joshua Kadison

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Friedrich Schiller

A well-ordered life

is like climbing a tower;

the view halfway up is better

than the view from the base,

and it steadily becomes finer

as the horizon expands.

William Lyon Phelps

When you stop
chasing the wrong things...
you give the right things
a chance to catch you!
Tony Robbins

You will always be lucky

if you know how to make

friends with strange cats.

Ancient Proverb

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According to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin,

prevailing local lore credits the gesture to Hamana Kalili of Laie, who lost the three middle fingers of his right hand while working at the Kahuku Sugar Mill. Kalili was then shifted to guarding the sugar train, and his all-clear wave of thumb and pinkie is said to have evolved into the shaka as children imitated the gesture.

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Better Stories Needed

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A life without stories

would be no life at all.

And stories bound us

did they not: one to another,

the living to the dead,

people to animals,

people to the land.

Alexander McCall Smith

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. - every day begin the task anew. Francis de Sales

I always try to look at things

As if I was remembering them

three years later.

   Alfred Hitchcock

We are what we love. Erik Erikson *

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Palama Settlement

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* Erikson's best-known work is his theory that each stage of life is associated with a specific psychological struggle, a struggle that contributes to a major aspect of personality.

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Kupuna = Senior. Hear the Hawaiian Language:

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.

melanie italian lau

@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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A L O H A From Honolulu!

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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!

Like We Used To

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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The Real

A L O H A From Honolulu!

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.

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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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