Sometimes It IS Gold

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Too many people miss

the silver lining because

they're expecting gold.

Maurice Sendak

Honolulu Back Streets

Grieving the people you have loved is part and parcel of growing old and it takes a lot of will power and keeping a constant check on your thoughts to stay positive.

    Nicky Melville

 Friends are as companions

on a journey,  who ought to

aid each other

to persevere in the road

to a happier life.

     Pythagoras

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Things that were

hard to bear are

sweet to remember.

Seneca

Yet in the heart a flicker gleams,

Sparks of hope the distant dream.

At last from depths of darkest night,

Ariseth dawn with healing light.

Let us unite with hearts aflame,

To mend the world and heal its pain.

With kindness sown, with empathy’s grace

We’ll build together a

Much better place.

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Observing

A L O H A From Honolulu!

As she read on, her surroundings

gradually faded, and soon there lay

about her only the mists of dream;

the purple, star-strewn mists

beyond Time, where only

gods and dreamers walk.

H.P. Lovecraft

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You must live in the present,

launch yourself on every wave,

find your eternity in each moment.

    Henry David Thoreau

The biggest creative cheat code is to get out of your own way and let the universe work through you... Rather than trying too hard to micromanage the process and control the outcome, in both creativity and life, I have learned that it’s better to open myself to unexpected solutions and make

myself a vessel for the muse.

     James McCrae

I loafe and invite my soul,

I lean and loafe at my ease

observing a spear

of summer grass.

Walt Whitman

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Cloudia & Pixie

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The Choice

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The Power of One

One tree can start a forest.

One smile can begin a friendship;

One hand can lift a soul;

One word can frame the goal;

One candle can wipe out darkness;

One laugh can conquer gloom;

One hope can raise your spirits;

One touch can show you care;

One life can make the difference,

BE THAT ONE TODAY.

Anna Grace Taylor

Our Differences

are ever at war 

with our Commonalities. 

Be careful which you feed!

  Pixie

 The door to safety swings

 on the hinges

 of common sense.  

    Unknown

Honolulu 7:21 pm

Democracy is messy

but deeply beautiful.

Steve Schmidt

 There never was 

any heart truly 

great and generous,

that was not also

 tender and 

compassionate.

    Robert Frost

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Smiles, understanding, a gentle heart,

Kindness sown, a healing start!

Competence gleams in steady hand,

Guiding justice across the land.

The contrast stark, a bitter brew,

Mean spirit’s chill, a toxic cue.

Chaos reigns in wild unrest,

Troubled minds and wounded breasts.

One builds, inspires hopes and dreams,

A tapestry of golden gleams.

The other tears down, seeks to maim,

A darkened world their haunting claim.

The tempest rages, dark and deep,

Mean-spiritedness spreads

a cruel sleep.

Chaos reigns and wild unrest,

His troubled mind and vacant chest.

So battle wages, deep within,

Between the angel and the sin.

For in our hearts this choice resides,

Where virtue dwells or evil hides.

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Wonder Eyes

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Stuff your eyes with wonder,

 live as if you'd drop dead

 in ten seconds. 

See the world. 

Ray Bradbury

If you paint in your mind

 a picture of bright

 and happy expectations, 

you put yourself 

into a condition 

conducive to your goal.

 Norman Vincent Peale

As soon as I stop wishing

for things to be different,

 I am met by the beauty 

of what is.

 Katrina Kenison

Your future is only as bright

 as your mind is open. 

      Rich Wilkins

Creativity

 is the residue

 of time wasted.

 Albert Einstein

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Simple Way

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Everything that happens

to you is your teacher.

The secret is to learn to sit

at the feet of your own life

and be taught by it.

Polly B. Berends

To be happy, you need to:

1. Discover who you really are.

2. Use it to help other people.

Stephanie Harrison

Change is the end result

of all true learning.

Leo Buscaglia

Here’s a simple way

to improve your life:

when you feel you’re about to say

something negative for no reason,

pause and let it go.

Cory Allen 

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A Reason

A L O H A From Honolulu!

How does the man

in the moon cut his hair?
Eclipse it.

All growth is a leap in the dark,

a spontaneous unpremeditated act

without benefit of experience. Henry Miller

Indian Mynah

Diversity has been written into

the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased. Joe Klein

In gentle whispers breezes fly, Unseen starlight paints the sky. To brush the dusk with twilight's hush, The flush of magic soft as velvet crush.

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We're here for a reason.

I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg

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If You Have a Cat

A L O H A From Honolulu!

'Reclining Godzilla'

Real knowledge is to know

the extent of one's ignorance. 

Confucius

There are voices which we hear
in solitude but they grow
faint and inaudible as
we enter into the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not get lost in a sea of despair.

Be hopeful, be optimistic.

Our struggle is not the struggle of

a day, a week, a month, or a year,

it is the struggle of a lifetime.

Never, ever be afraid to make

some noise and get in good trouble,

necessary trouble.
John Lewis

Your house will always be blessed

with love, laughter, and friendship

if you have a cat. Lewis Carroll

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Beer Chandelier

The crystal kind? Forget that bore!

This chandelier's a sudsy roar.

No fragile bulbs, nor fancy frills,

Great amber hues and clinking trills.

The light it casts a rose gold gleam,

Reflects on faces, sets them a-beam.

Conversations effervescent as foam,

Witty beer patter finds a happy home.

So raise your drinks, let spirits soar,

Beneath this chandelier evermore!

A testament to hops and cheer,

The smartest, booziest Bar light.

Have a beer!