Birds of Paradise

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Men

 for the sake of 

getting a living 

forget to 

live. "

Margaret Fuller

 “ Only the mediocre

 are always 

at their best.”

 Jean Giraudoux

 " From the Back "

"  The flower that smells

 the sweetest 

is shy and lowly.  "

William Wordsworth

 " All changes

 are more or less

 tinged with melancholy, 

for what we are 

leaving behind

 is part of 

ourselves.  "

Amelia Barr

" You leave old habits 

behind

 by starting out 

with the thought,

 'I release the need 

for this in my life. "

 
Wayne Dyer

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Wise Pleasant Click

A   L   O   H   A  !

“ Life has taught me 

that respect, caring

 and love

 must be shared,
 for it's only

 through sharing 

that friendships

 are born. ”

 Donna A. Favors

“The work will wait 

while you show

 the child the rainbow,
 but the rainbow

 won't wait 

while you do

 the work.”

 Douglas Pagels

" Half past autumn

has arrived. "


Gordon Parks

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Catch the pleasure

as it flies.

Catch it

out of the corner

of your eye.

Feel that catch

in your sob-throat

of morning light

gratitude.

Feel Catch Hold

with the passion

of a cat,

or child-

in other words,

with the fierce 

pleasure

of life itself.

Of life Yourself.

It is ALL you.

And me.

How Pleasant!

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No Apologies

A    L    O    H    A  !

 " It is a good rule in life

never to apologize.

The right sort of people

do not want apologies,

and the wrong sort

take a mean advantage

of them. "

P.G. Wodehouse

" A stiff apology

 is a second insult.

The injured party does not want

 to be compensated. . .

 he wants to be healed 

because he has been hurt.  "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

 " Too much apology

doubles the offense. "

James Richardson

" Apology is a lovely perfume;
 it can transform 
the clumsiest moment 
into a gracious
 gift. "

Margaret Lee Runbeck



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How wonderful that

Y O U

have chosen to visit us

here today.

Today I was thinking

that all advice,

every quote,

is but an approximation

of deeper universal

truths.

Universal truths

too personal

too paradoxical

to be spoken

 in words.

That of yourself

which you bring here

is more than

words.

Something of value,

a circuit of energy,

passes among us,

you & me.

Your kind visit

 adds an irreplaceable element 

to our day: YOU! 

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" Friends are God's apology for relations.  "
Hugh Kingsmill

My Evil Twin

A    L    O    H    A  !

" Gossip is news

 running ahead of itself 

in a red satin dress.  "

Liz Smith

" Neither the sun

 nor death 

can be looked at

 with a steady eye. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

" When I was moving around

 with the lens,
I discovered things
 that the naked eye
would not have. "

Pedro Almodovar

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My evil twin is angry

completely understands

how a loner takes

a gun or bomb

returning pain to the man.

Alas the man is blameless

alas the man is us

till we see our face
in place of another

we can never live

in harmony

as cousin,

or as brother.

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Autumn Remember

A   L   O   H   A  !

 In Autumn I remember

 being a kid back in the old neighborhood;

Riding my bicycle 

through the quiet streets.

Sounds of Nature: 

 Winds, Birds, Leaves, a Stream

punctuated 

by the whoosh of a lone car,

 or purr of propeller plane.

 How I longed to grow elsewhere

to clink glasses with bright people

in tall, bright cities.

 But this Autumn I Remember and Long

to pass again those quiet empty streets 

late in Afternoon,

past houses of families I know

while a thousand leaves Tambourine at once.

 A crow caws.

Wind crescendos like an important Becoming

heralded by moving, grand cloud shadows

all somehow felt inside. 

I would like to be that little person again

long enough to tell:

"Don't worry.

 Enjoy, Savor.

Don't miss a precious flavor

of your perfect Days.

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Thank YOU

for Sharing these moments

of Friendship

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Our Gifts

A    L    O    H    A  !

" We all live

 under the same sky,

 but we don't all have

 the same horizon. "

 Konrad Adenauer

“ Look within. 

Within is the fountain 

of good,
and it will ever

 bubble up, 

if thou wilt ever dig.”

Marcus Aurelius

" When I examine myself 

and my methods of thought, 

I come to the conclusion

 that the gift of fantasy 

has meant more to me 

 than any talent 

for abstract, 

positive thinking.  "

Albert Einstein

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All of us

have gifts

that the world 

has rejected;

Give your gifts

 ANYWAY.

Not whining

when not winning

we're still at

the beginning.

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Rest Day

A   L   O   H   A  !

“ No one 

can get inner peace

 by pouncing on it. "

Harry Emerson Fosdick

" Being rich is having money; 

being wealthy is having time. "

Stephen Swid

 

" To be nobody but yourself

 in a world which is doing its best,

 night and day,

 to make you everybody else 

means to fight the hardest battle

 which any human being 

can fight; 

and never stop fighting.  "

e. e. cummings

 Sunday - Day of Rest

" Take rest; 

a field that has rested 

gives a bountiful crop.  "

Ovid

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The best gift

 you can give

 yourself

is  rest

and return

to 

yourself.

We think there will 

always be time

for our own particular joys-

but to often when play time comes

 we have forgotten

what games we enjoy-

and who

 we were

before we got 

so busy.

There are many influencers

guilt-ing us to DO!

TO BUY!

TO DISPLAY!

But don't you listen.

Taking a few seconds,

to pause, 

to listen to another,

to smile,

to not rush away -

Those are the seconds

of wealth

accruing rich interest

in the only account

that matters.

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