Early Morning Paddle

A  L  O  H  A !

" I'm a very early riser, 

and I don't like to miss 

that beautiful 

early morning 

light. "

                 David Hockney

“I hear lake water lapping 

with low sounds by the shore. . . .

I hear it in 

the deep heart's core.”

                   William Butler Yeats

There is more to life

 than increasing it's speed." 

                        Mahatma Gandhi

 

" Loud

gush the streamlets, 

but great rivers

 flow silently. "

               Buddha

" Adopt 

the pace of nature:

 her secret

 is patience. "

                 Ralph Waldo Emerson

" True happiness...
 arises, in the first place, 
from the enjoyment
 of one's self. "
Joseph Addison

" Be still like a mountain

 and flow like a great river. "

 Lao Tzu

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for floating by!

             Warmly, cloudia

A B C's of a Day

A  L  O  H  A !

 Sunset  Angel

 Garden Gnome

 Soaring Rainbow

Bring  It  Home!


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" You will never be happy 

if you continue to search 

for what happiness 

consists of. 

You will never live 

if you are looking for 

the meaning of life. "

Albert Camus

" I don't believe 

people are looking 

for the meaning of 

life 

as much as they 

are looking for 

the experience 

of being alive. "

Joseph Campbell

Thank YOU

for looking

Together

           Warmly, cloudia

Birds of a Feather

A  L  O  H  A !

"A dream you dream 

alone 

is only a dream. 

A dream you dream

 together 

is reality. "

              John Lennon

            

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Linking to Thematic Photographic

Here

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                    Warmly, cloudia

What the Angel Said - Over 50

Life

is not a mountain.

You needn't feel

"Over the hill."

It's more of a plateau.

You're born looking up

looking ahead

to this climb.

You head for the landmarks

you recognize:

Growing, Graduation, Gratification.

Much of what we pursue

is illusion.

With each one dispelled

or realized

we become more than we were,

yet more ourselves.

Our perspective changes

with altitude.

Nothing is as it seemed

when we get there.

Often it is much MUCH

better

than we could ever know.

Now that I have achieved

the journey over the lip

of what can be glimpsed

by those under 50.

I see not a decline

down some other side

but a delightful raising path

towards lovely mystery.

If the Unknown

can be called lovely.

The harsh sun of midday

so suited to the work I had to do

does not penetrate here.

The atmosphere is gentle,

even if unknowns lurk about,

ahead.

Oh there is work to be done

but with urgency removed.

I do not want to eat up miles,

but to savor my steps.

Each stage of life

has its tasks and compensations

and I intend to enjoy 

ALL of mine!

Age is a gift
to those who can
accept it.

You deserve ALL
Good Things, Friend-
That is my wish for
Y O U
                Warmly, cloudia

Mural for Monday

A L O H A !

Click to enlarge this mural 

" It does not matter

 how long you are 

spending on the earth,

how much money 

you have gathered 

or how much attention 

you have received.

It is the amount of 

positive vibration

 you have radiated 

in life that 

matters. " 

               Amit Ray

Linking to

Monday Murals

Here

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               Warmly, cloudia

Lyric Light

A   L   O   H   A !

 We can only start

finding the right solutions

when we stop

looking first for

what's wrong in each other.

                                                      cloudia

" See the light in others, 

and treat them 

as if that's all you see."

                Wayne Dyer

The little space within the heart

 is as great as the vast universe.

 The heavens

 and the earth are there, 

and the sun and the moon 

and the stars. 

Fire and lightening and

 winds are there, 

and all that now is

 and all 

that is not. "

The Upanishads

" Life is like 

getting dropped off 

in the middle of

 the woods, 

and then year 

by year, 

gradually 

walking home. "

                  April Foiles

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Thank YOU

for taking the light

with us today!

                     Fondly, cloudia

People, Plants, Sunlight Waikiki

A  L  O  H  A !   

" The most profound statements

 are often said in silence. "

                                     Lynn Johnston

 " The unspoken word 

never does harm. "

                                Kossuth

" Nobody can be

 exactly like me.

 Sometimes even I 

have trouble doing it. "

                       Tallulah Bankhead

" The greatest meditation 

is a mind that lets go. "

                          Atisha

Thank YOU

for strolling by to play with photos!

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