Why Positive Thinking Doesn't Work

A L O H A !

If it was easy to choose how we feel,

we'd all be happy ALL of the time.

If you say positive affirmations

that are too far from your real view of life

you won't believe them.

In fact,

what will arise in your mind?

All the obstacles

that you know so well.

SURE it would be great

if that affirmation was true

but how does that help

me?

But wouldn't it be great

if this one annoying situation

or person

was just a little

less annoying?

Sure it would be!

Now there's a positive

statement

that you can believe 

 in your gut!

You know that you are probably

NOT getting better

EVERY day

in EVERY way.

But wouldn't it be great

if you were on time today?

If a certain someone is there-

or not?

What about a new job,

or a raise in pay,

wouldn't that be

great?

There.

THERE'S your affirmation

that works!

Makes you feel JUST

a little better,

doesn't it?

And that better feeling

is really what you WANT

to be feeling.

Possibilities 

present themselves

when you're 

feeling better.

Now that's

positive.

You're welcome my friend!

Adapt to your own recipe`

and taste.

Use ingredients that you enjoy.

ENJOY! 

Please share your mood recipe

in comments    cloudia

Hiding At Home

A l o h a !

click on photos to muse dreamily

The Sky is so Vast!

" Great events

make me quiet and calm;

it is only trifles

that irritate my nerves. "

Queen Victoria

My heart is so tiny- 

but the Love it contains

reaches to the skies.

" The way is not in the sky.

The way is in the heart. "

Buddha

" We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself 

the means of inspiration and survival.  "

Winston Churchill

We each paddle our skin canoe.

Conditions change day to day,
minute to minute.

Will there be a paradise cove, 
surrounded by a loving reef,
containing sweet water?

Unseen, a Helper paddles behind us.
The waters around us are tipped
with the gold of Spirit.

But life's brine
brings on a mighty thirst;
so paddle, paddle. . . 
rest and paddle some more!

Sometimes I just don't want to get out of bed.

I am grateful

and genuinely happy

most of the time.

But some mornings I awake with a start.

Perhaps I should delete all this

and just run some pictures

and some cool quotes;

But I want to share my achievement:

"From Survival to Satisfaction."

Indeed!

(That's the subtitle of my Hawaii novel:

"Aloha Where You Like Go?"

Check it out

HERE )

Like that clown punching-bag

somehow I return upright

to peace and beauty every time.

(Eventually)

Then I'll be embarrassed by this post.

But perhaps there is important truth here:

You are not alone.

Sometimes it just takes us 

a little while to feel good again,

to stop focusing on all the "issues"

and to rediscover

the eternal hum of loving truth

underlying everything.

Perhaps all I need

is to rest a while,

to dream,

to stare,

even to hide away.

Mostly on these days

I just want to quarantine my existential angst

at home.

But today I dare

(Dare I?!)

to show you

the trembling weakling 

behind the curtain.

Isn't that how friends are made?

By being yourself?

So here's this lump of coal

in the stocking of 'Cloudia.'

Let's be human together!

Let's make this

a day of heart

and of new beginnings:

I salute you, 

my friend!

And if you are hiding at home today

like me,

I want you to know

that you are not alone.

 Sometimes

we ALL feel this way.

Life is made of circles,

of seasons, 

of weather inside 

and weather out there.

Let's ride the Comfort Spiral

together!

And if you have the time,

leave me a comment.

For we are blessed 

to feed each other.

Don't look away!

For I am you,

and to love my hurt

is to heal your own-

and the world's. 

           Warmly,  Cloudia

" He that is become mad with sadness 

and heaviness,
 to him ought fair to be spoken

and made merry;
 many things should be promised him,

and some given.
 The same bringeth them

soon to their senses. "


John Hollybush,

  The Homish Apothecary 1561

Hawaii Weather Today

A L O H A    F R I E N D!

click on the photos!

" Dogs are not our whole life,

but they make our lives whole. "  

Roger Caras

" Not being beautiful was the true blessing. 

Not being beautiful

forced me to develop

my inner resources.

The pretty girl

has a handicap to overcome.  "

Golda Meir

" When we do the best that we can,
 we never know what miracle
is wrought in our life,
 or in the life of another. "

 Helen Keller

       

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Just like clockwork

warm weather has arrived

in Hawaii.

All Summer long

we are cooler,

and breezier,

than most places.

But September,

and especially October,

are our 'hot' months.

The Trade Winds

-our natural air conditioner-

look to be "off"

the rest of the week.

So during the day,

the land heats up in sun,

the air over the interior

expands and rises,

drawing winds from the sea:

'sea breeze'

Then at night,

the land cools,

the air above it contracts
and sinks,

then this interior air

blows to the coast:

'land breeze.'

Nice to smell the mountains
and forests of the interior
in the evening!

Northern climes

are notoriously 

BEAUTIFUL

in Autumn,

especially October.

You Southerners 

are enjoying

SPRING!

Ah!

That is my dream vacation:

New York, New England

in October!

Maybe next year. . . 

But when the cold winds blow elsewhere,

our weather reverts

to the best on the planet!

That's when our snowbirds

arrive.

So I'll see you here

after US Thanksgiving holiday

in late November.

Thanks for looking in.

YOUR visit & comment

    is truly appreciated.  
                                        warmly, cloudia

     

Drops

A L O H A !

click on the photos please :)

" BEING SMALLER THAN A RAINDROP
IS BETTER 

THAN BEING LOUDER

THAN THUNDER "

Mark C Durfee

" A jug fills 

drop

by 

drop."

Buddha

" A cloud does not know

when it moves in just such a direction
 and at such a speed...

It feels an impulsion...
this is the place to go now.
 But the sky knows the reasons

and the patterns behind all clouds,
 and you will know, too,

when you lift yourself  high enough
  to see beyond the horizon. " 

Richard Bach

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Minute

to minute,

Day

to day,

Breath

by breath,

We

make

our 

way.

Do not overlook

jewels,

each tiny one

don't wrestle

with worries

while overlooking

the

Fun!

           Warmly, cloudia

“ We ourselves feel

that what we are doing

is just a drop in the ocean.
 But the ocean would be less

because of that missing drop.”
 

Mother Teresa

Temple Moon

A  L  O  H  A !

click on these photos please

" If I can put one touch of rosy sunset

into the life of any man or woman,

I shall feel that I have worked with God.  "
 

Gilbert K. Chesterton

" All architecture

is great architecture after sunset;

perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, 

like the art of fireworks.  "

 
Gilbert K. Chesterton

" The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.  "

                                  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bless our Sundays

 

Bless our dear little routines

 

Bless YOU for looking in today! 

 

Say 'Hello' in comments

                                                      warmly, cloudia

     

Long Boy Sky

A  L  O  H  A !

Click on these clouds

“ The greatest revolution of our generation

is the discovery that human beings,
 by changing the inner attitudes of their minds,

can change the outer aspects of their lives. ”

 William James 

  born: January 11, 1842

Little Tall Man

“Fiction reveals truth

that reality obscures.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" One can acquire everything in solitude

except character. "

Stendhal

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Are soil

and September

really less promising,

less pungent,

then they used to be?

Does each new generation

get a fresh sky

full of stars?

A future 

bursting with

possible dreams?

I'd like to think so.

Is it just my senses

that seem blunted,

less hungry

with the years?

As vanity recedes

with outward beauty

love for ALL our children

flows in 
to fill

that space. . . 

. . . Like waves rushing in

here at Waikiki.

Do you smell the seasonal change

yet?

tell us in comments!

warmly, cloudia