We'll Find It

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Only the brave 

wake up from 

a bad dream.

    Ljupka Cvetanova

Sunlight pierced the

Shadows that dance

A secret path beckoned

At the edge of a glance.

  Cloudia Charters

Every second of the search 

is an encounter with God

  Paulo Coelho 

Mastering the Art of Being is simple but not easy. Nick Catricala     

Look at the bright side of life
and the bright side
will look at you.
Ron Baratono

Lead us not into temptation.
Just tell us where it is;
we'll find it.
  Sam Levenson

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Cloudia & Pixie

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

You must not ever

stop being whimsical. 

 Mary Oliver

The secret of freedom

lies in educating people,

whereas the secret of tyranny

is in keeping them ignorant.

Maximilien Robespierre

Loving people and animals makes us stronger in the right ways and weaker in the right ways. Even if animals and people leave, even if they die, they leave us better. So we keep loving, even though we might lose, because loving teaches us and changes us. Glennon Doyle Melton

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein

Etlingera elatior 

also known as Torch Ginger

A blossom

like a moonlit pool,

Its petals

white as porcelain cool

In contrast to the darker world.

Cloudia

Moonlit pool of white,

Petals soft as porcelain,

Dark world's soft contrast.

Pixie

Winning is great, sure,

but if you are really going

to do something in life,

the secret is learning

how to lose.

Nobody goes undefeated

all the time.

Wilma Rudolph

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Joy Growers

A L O H A From Honolulu!

 I have never 

started a poem yet 

whose end I knew.

 Writing a poem 

is discovering.

     Robert Frost

One of the main reasons that

we lose our enthusiasm in life

is because we become ungrateful,

and we let what was once a

miracle become common to us.

  Joel Osteen

When you can just step back

and see the big picture and

know that good things will come,

good things will go,

bad things will come,

bad things will go... 

then your happiness doesn't

rely on any kind of external situation.

That's the key to lasting happiness.

 Todd Perelmuter

Yes, joy is the thing

that has returned, and

not a moment too soon.

And joy in these days and

against this opponent is the

greatest weapon we have, because

it is nonexistent in him

and his movement.

John Pavlovitz,

Kamala Harris and the Return of Joy

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Cloudia & Pixie

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In crowded streets and quiet lanes,

Human tapestry without names

Empathy our guiding light, and

 True connection, morning or night.

So let us look with a kinder eye,

And respect the soul of passersby.

In every face stories reside,

A testament to the hope

in which we all abide.

Cloudia Charters

Ever Wild And Free

A L O H A From Honolulu!

If your inner child is

still alive as an adult,

you won,

you kept your magic,

you didn't let the world kill it.

   Anonymous

Not crone, or girl

Grown woman, pure and plain,

Yet here she carves on a skateboard

Tearing down the lane!

I watched her

as she really flew

This vibrant soul

With a different view.

Silvered hair and

laughter in her eyes,

She flies into sight

Quite a bold surprise!

A mother, maybe,

Or grandma who knows?

Her spirit's still young

And fresh as a rose.

She carves the streets

All elegance and ease,

Symphony of motion

Refreshing as a breeze.

Defying norms she's wild, 

 Timeless as a song.

Happily gay and free,

Confidently strong,

Riding her board 

The perfect place,

Sanctuary of speed

Of sun, of grace.

Symbol of a life

Well-lived, we see,

A spirit bright forever

Ever wild and free.

Cloudia Charters*

As I make my slow
pilgrimage through the world,
a certain sense of beautiful
mystery seems to
gather and grow.
A. C. Benson

Love is an endless mystery,

it has nothing else to explain it.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Cloudia & Pixie

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* Skateboarder is not me. She just flew into sight then disappeared as quickly. You can see me getting the shot in the lower left.

The Genius Of Enthusiasm

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We are shaped by our thoughts;

we become what we think.

When the mind is pure,

joy follows like a

shadow that never leaves.

    Gautama Buddha

Nothing is so contagious

as enthusiasm; it moves

stones, it charms brutes,

Enthusiasm is the genius of

sincerity, and truth accomplishes

no victories without it.

   Bulwer Lytton

Problems are the outward signs

of unused inner possibilities. 

Rollo May

 

Forgiveness is the ability

to give love away in the

most difficult of circumstances.

Wayne Dyer

There is not one little blade of grass,

there is no color in this world

that is not intended to

make us rejoice.

John Calvin

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Just follow your joy. Always.

I think that if you do that,

life will take you on the

course that it’s meant to take you.

Jonathan Groff

Let's Go Beach See Rainbow

A L O H A From Honolulu!

To be happy
you must be
your own sunshine.
Charles Edward Jerningham

Let's go beach

See rainbow!

Ocean blue,

Waves crash slow.

Sky so bright,

Colors glowing.

Drink da sun,

So warm and knowing.

Barefoot in da sand,

We'll be happy and free, Grateful for dis moment,

Just you, this island,

And me.

Cloudia Charters

Dare to love yourself
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends
Aberjhan

Just stay real.

Be honest with yourself.

And do the best you can.

Pixie

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