Monday, December 16, 2024

Breathe, Reign and Recreate

 Aloha from Honolulu
 Living is the art of
getting used to what
we didn’t expect.
Eleanor C. Wood





I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me — the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politics. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That, I believe, is the reason for every work of art.
Anais Nin 




Shy Santa
Connections can last
for a second
or a lifetime.
Risk It!





No one is ordinary
because every person 
carries the wisdom of 
their own unique path.
              Mehmet Murat ildan






One can pay back the 
loan of gold, but 
one dies forever 
in debt to those 
who are kind.
              Malayan Proverb

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

The Affordable Self

 ALOHA From Honolulu!

The beautiful Moon is
an antidepressant.
Love for her light is
in every heart because
she is so friendly, loving,
and forgiving.
Debasish Mridha





The scariest demons
Of darkest night
Fade in the graces of
Morning's good light.
Cloudia Charters





There are ups and downs,
but whatever happens,
you have to trust and
believe in yourself.
Luka Modric



Medicinal Legal in Hawaii

 Why use up the forests,
which were centuries
in the making... if we can
get the equivalent of forest
and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields? 
   Henry Ford



Affordable Self-care:
Set more realistic expectations
about how long things
take to get done.
Dr. Jenn Hardy


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Saturday, December 14, 2024

Privilege

Aloha From Honolulu!

When you arise
in the morning think of
what a privilege it is
to be alive,
to think, to enjoy,
to love. 
    Marcus Aurelius






The highest goal
one can achieve
is amazement.
Goethe



At any moment,
you have a choice,
that either leads you closer
to your spirit or
further away from it. 
      Thich Nhat Hanh





Spirituality: the art
of keeping your
internal fire alive.
Maxime Lagacé





I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats. Eckhart Tolle 

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Friday, December 13, 2024

Hope and Moonrise

Aloha From Honolulu!

Sometimes I feel quite hopeless. Then the moon rises. In the silence, I find my way, each shadow Is a friend Each passing thought Moving on like clouds. I am here, The moon is here, Both steady, Both of us enough. Cloudia Charters




Make the sunrise
a temple.
      Frank LaRue Owen






Defiant kindness
doesn't ignore injustice, 
it chooses compassion
as its weapon.
It disrupts with love,
challenges with empathy,
and fights for 
change with grace.
   Pixie
   

Shell ginger Alpinia zerumbet

Starting over
doesn't have to start
all at once. I can start
over in small ways too.
   Minnie Minimalist




In nature
there is no alienation.
Everything belongs. Ming-Dao Deng


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Pixie & Cloudia

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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Trees Like Mike

Aloha From Honolulu!

You find yourself refreshed by
the presence of cheerful people.
Why not make an honest effort
to confer that pleasure
on others? 
Half the battle is gained if
you never allow yourself to
say anything gloomy.
Lydia M. Child



We taste and feel
and see the truth.
We do not reason
ourselves into it.
        William Butler Yeats



Trismas Cree 

"Miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisi"

Is the Cree phrase for 
"Have a Merry Christmas" 

The Cree are an Indigenous people who occupy territory in the Subarctic and Plains regions of Canada. There are three main dialects of the Cree language: “th” Woodlands, “y” Plains, and “n” Swampy Cree. 



Melaleuca quinquenervia
Commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m tall, with its trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark.              Wikipedia


Whenever you are 
sincerely pleased 
you are nourished. 
 Ralph Waldo Emerson




Dawn Moon

The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.
     Deng Ming-Dao



F A C E

The greatest evil 
that can befall someone 
is to come to 
think ill of themselves.
                        Goethe


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Pixie & Cloudia

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

A Fine Cargo

 Aloha From Honolulu!


The master has failed
more times than 
the beginner has tried.
Stephen McCranie




There is a sweet spot 
between the known 
and the unknown 
where originality happens; 
The key is to be able to linger 
there without panicking.
Ed Catmull
Pixar/Disney Executive






Those who rush things 
too much, without reflection, 
can be surpassed by those 
who take their time.
           Malagasy Proverb





Having a good discussion 
is like having riches. 
  Kenyan proverb







Age represents
a fine cargo of 
experiences and memories. 
     Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


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Pixie & Cloudia





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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Worth Remembering

Aloha From Honolulu!
When one door closes,
another window opens.
Julie Andrews






Sunday saw the

My mission in life is
not merely to survive,
but to thrive; and to do
so with some passion,
some compassion, some
humor, and some style.
 Maya Angelou



Cattle Egret

An evil person is like
a dirty window, they
never let the light
shine through. 
  William Makepeace Thackeray






Buddha taught that
most problems – if only 
you give them enough time 
and space – 
will eventually 
wear themselves out.
Elizabeth Gilbert


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Cloudia & Pixie


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