The Guiding Life

A   L   O   H   A  !

"  To offer no resistance to life 
is to be in a state of grace, 
ease, and  lightness, "

Eckhart Tolle

" This City now doth,

 like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; 

silent, bare "

William Wordsworth

" If 

you clean the floor

 with love, 

you have done

an invisible painting. "

Osho

 Life is always guiding us. 

First it intimates, 

drawing our attention 

to what we need to know.

 If we don't notice, 

Life clears it's throat. 

If we still don't heed, 

Life taps us on the shoulder; 

All before 

Life punches us 

in the face!

 Yet we like to 
complain 

how random 

and scary

 Life is -

When it's been
guiding us
all along.

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Skywatch Waikiki

A   L   O   H   A  !

Sunset Over Oahu, Hawaii

" Look back, 

and smile on

 perils past. "

Walter Scott

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A Friend Like That

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" When you judge another, 

you do not define them, 

you define yourself. "

Wayne W. Dyer 

" Those whom 

the gods love 

grow young. "

Oscar Wilde

" Look back, and smile on perils past. "

Walter Scott

"I talk to him when I'm lonesome like, 

And I'm sure he understands. 

When he looks at me so attentively, 

And gently licks my hands, 

Then he rubs his nose 

on my tailored clothes,

 But I never say naught thereat. 

For the good Lord knows

 I can buy more clothes, 

But never a friend 

like that." 

W. Dayton Wedgefarth

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Good Fences Honolulu

I love the snug, sweet 

little single-walled

 bungalows of Honolulu.

“A woman's dress 

should be like 

a barbed-wire fence: 

serving its purpose 

without 

obstructing the view.”

 Sophia Loren

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Creative Blocks

A   L   O   H   A  !

Bud, Budding, Blossoming,
Scattering. . .



" Henceforth 
I ask not 
good fortune. 
I myself am 
good fortune. "


Walt Whitman

" Hello Lamp post, 
watcha knowing?
I come to watch
your flowers growing
Looking for fun
and feeling Groovy "

Paul Simon

" If you love 
the labour of your trade, 
apart from any 
question of success 
or fame, 
the gods have called you. "


Robert Louis Stevenson


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Like everyone else

I used to complain

of writer's block.

Now I understand:

creative work

takes the time

it needs,

IF you let it.

We can't push the river

or go against the flow.

[ calling it 'work ethic' ]

and truly birth the 
Real Thing
struggling to be
 born. *

I understand that

ALL 
important creative work

does not occur

at the keyboard,

easel, or view finder.

Life

is all the time

You Need.

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* "Words of truth ARE paradoxical"

Lao Tzu is right.

The art of writing

is the art of applying

your bottom

to the seat

in front of the Keyboard.

If you would BE a writer:

Write. Your life

(if you are lucky) 

will become a

writer's life.

" If you wish to be a writer; write! "

Epictetus, 
Born Year 55

Your Gods are Adorable!

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Colonialism.
The enforced spread
of the rule of reason.
But who is going to
spread it 
among the colonizers? "

Anthony Burgess

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Our visitor in the picture 

is unknowingly 

disrespecting a TIKI.

They originally represented 

Hawaiian Gods.

Or is it the restaurateur

who placed it there?

Yes, they were " Idols "

and were literally

" Cast Down "

by the Hawaiian People

themselves, under 

missionary influence.

The Hawaiian Kingdom
was overthrown
 January 17, 1893 

LINK

What does it do to a people

when their culture

is turned into kitsch?

Some contemporary 

Hawaiians are 

Traditional Cultural Practitioners.

Many more Hawaiians

and local residents

are Very proud

of Hawaiian Culture.

This is not a

slap on the wrist;

But a lesson

behind 

just another day

in Waikiki. . .

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Nothing Good or Bad

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Words of truth 
are always
paradoxical. "
                             Lao Tzu

 Pillars of the Sky 

" Dreams unwind

Love's a state of mind. "

                                      Fleetwod Mac

“  When you stop expecting 

people to be perfect, 

you can like them 

for who they are. ” 

 Donald Miller

“ Today expect something good 

to happen to you no matter what 

occurred yesterday. 

Realize the past no longer 

holds you captive. 

It can only continue 

to hurt you 

if you hold on to it.

 Let the past go. 

A simply abundant world 

awaits. ” 

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Had a scary health problem

in the middle of the night.

Likely a one-time

not abnormal issue,

says Medicine.

HappY!

Didn't go to hospital,

Could have been much worse,

REALLY celebrating my Health,

and it feels GREAT!

Healthy People Problems

Ceiling leaking!

Water all about!

SO HAPPY-

We no longer live on Boat

where water can mean

SINKING!

We're not gonna sink,

Building heroes are on it.

Celebrate a place to stay!

Housed-People Problems.

Car needs repair

to pass State inspection.

I have money to fix it,

a good guy mechanic,

glad to know

I needed brakes!

Celebrate mobility!

Vehicle Owner Problems.

You & I know people

who would complain of 

all these things.
Even bitterly.

I was one of them  too long.
(Bitterly!)

Now I'm celebrating

all that I enjoy.

Celebrate Life!

- Living People Problems -

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