Walking in Air on Earth

A    L    O    H    A  !

" -don't wait

 until you have

 no more suffering

 before allowing yourself 

to be happy. ” 

“Through my love

 for you,

 I want to express

 my love 

for the whole

 cosmos, 

the whole of

 humanity, 

and all beings. "

“I promise myself

 that I will enjoy 

every minute 

of the day 

that is given me 

to live.” 

 

“Understanding means

 throwing away 

your knowledge.” 

“The true miracle 

is not walking

 on water or 

walking in air, 

but simply walking 

on this earth.” 

Did you see the boy from the first pic in #4 also?

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Savor Summer

A   L   O   H   A  !

"Any intelligent fool 

can make things 

bigger, more complex,

and more violent.

It takes a touch of genius

 - and a lot of courage -

to move in the 

opposite direction."

E.F. Schumacher

" Learning

 how to be 

still,

 to really be

 still and let

 life 

happen - 

that stillness 

becomes a 

radiance. "

Morgan Freeman 

" True silence

 is the rest of the mind,

 and is to the spirit 

what sleep is to the body, 

nourishment 

and refreshment. "

William Penn 

"Before you diagnose yourself 

with depression

 or low self-esteem, 

first make sure you are not,

 in fact, 

just surrounded by

 assholes." 

 W. Gibson

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The Most Powerful Communication

A   L   O   H   A  !

 What is the 

Most Powerful form 

of communication?

Mass Media?

Internet?

Culture?

Law?

 No.

One to One

is the Most Influential

form of communication.

This is how

the Voice of Spirit

whispers privately

to each of us.

 When you are present

and authentic

with another person;

Leaving space,

and time,

to really Be with

and listen

to them -

even if

no words are said -

Now that is something

powerful & real. . .

. . . one to one. . .

at a time.

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" What music 

is more enchanting 

than the voices of 

young people, 

when you 

can't hear 

what they say? "

                Logan Pearsall Smith

Dolphin Friends

A   L   O   H   A  !

Carroll Cox ( Link )
took some great shots of Dolphins
sporting at Pokai Bay here on Oahu.
Look how close this spinner is
to people and the shore.

" The happiness of the bee 
and the dolphin 
is to exist.
 For man it is to know
 that and to wonder at it. "


Jacques Yves Cousteau 

" When I see a dolphin,
 I know 
it's just as smart 
as I am. "

Don Van Vliet

The voice of the dolphin 
in air is like 
that of the human, 
in that they can pronounce 
vowels, and combinations 
of vowels." 

 Aristotle 

" The voice of the dolphin in air 
is like that of the human,
 in that they can
 pronounce vowels, 
and combinations of vowels." 

Aristotle

" Our top story tonight:
 Famous TV dolphin flipper
 was arrested today 
on prostitution ring charges. 
He allegedly was seen
 transporting two 16 year olds
 across state lines 
for immoral porpoises. "

Colin Mochrie 



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Xian to Shanghai to Suzhou

Enjoying Kay & Art's Chinese Trip enormously!

Musings: Day 7 May 14th: Xian to Shanghai to Suzhou

Parade From the Inside

A   L   O   H   A  !
  Listen while you look!

"Everyone loves a parade."

That's what "They" say,

and they just may be right.

From babes in arms,

to those in their second childhood,

something draws us in

to this ancient procession

with it's roots

in community, ritual,

religion and war.

I rode in the 

Honolulu Pride Parade

this weekend.

These are the shots I took

from inside the parade

looking out:

 Kimono 

were once common on the 

streets of Old Honolulu. 

Now one occasionally sees ladies 

thus attired going to

serve tea in high end places,

or to a cultural event. 

But these gentlemen,

Japanese visitors I believe,

are a rare sight!

Ooo, I like her palazzo pants and hair cut!

He's fashionable too.

" One must either

 take an interest in 

the human situation 

or else parade

 before the void. "

Jean Rostand 

" I'm still passionately interested

 in what my fellow humans 

are up to. 

For me, a 

day spent monitoring 

the passing parade 

is a day well-spent. "

Garry Trudeau 

" If you're not

 in the parade,

 you watch the parade. 

That's life. "

Mike Ditka 

 Poise

“"A girl should be two things: 

classy and fabulous."

~ Coco Chanel 

 "Language is the apparel 

in which your thoughts 

parade before the public. 

Never clothe them 

in vulgar 

or shoddy attire.”

 George Crane 

 Awesome smiles.

I was in some of the earliest

"Gay Rights" Parades,

before "Pride"

or the Rainbow Flag.

We didn't see

many smiles back then,

mostly discomfort,

confusion,

or anger.

There were often

counter-demonstrators

with hateful signs.

Families with children

just touched my heart

so much!

" Marching in the 

gay pride Parade 

is less exciting 

now that my parents 

support my 

sexual orientation. "

Unknown 

This child can be herself:

left handed, right handed,

Gay or Straight

without family drama.

What was all the

PAIN

and family destruction

of the past

(and lingering present)

FOR?!

 Some people

like Chocolate,

others prefer

Vanilla.

Some. . . 

well, never mind.

" The distinction between 

children and adults, 

while probably useful 

for some purposes, 

is at bottom 

a specious one,

 I feel.

 There are only 

individual egos, 

crazy for love.  "

 Niccolo Machiavelli 

 Beautiful People

“Everything 

that irritates us 

about others 

can lead us to 

an understanding 

of ourselves.”

 C.G. Jung

 Look! It's Dianne!

"Cloudia!!!!"

" What is straight? 

A line can be straight, 

or a street, 

but the human heart, 

oh, no,

 it's curved like a

 road through mountains. "

 Tennessee Williams

 Happy Gay Pride Everyone

" It's a good thing

 to be foolishly gay 

once in a while. "

Horace 

"Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 

known in the English-speaking world 

as Horace, was the leading 

Roman lyric poet 

during the time of Augustus." Wikipedia

Born: December 8, 65 BC, 

And we end as we began,

with a flag bearer

" Who told you 

you're allowed 

to rain on 

my parade? "

Bob Merrill 

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