If You Look

A  L  O  H  A !

" Look up 

from what you're doing

 and look around 

for a minute. -

" - See what a 

beautiful world 

you're in. "

                    Ralph Marston

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Look Up Sometimes

" I value my garden

 more

 for being full of 

blackbirds than 

of cherries, 

and very frankly 

give them fruit 

for their songs. "

                    Joseph Addison

Parrots are not native to Hawaii; but look! 

There's one now!

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I have often seemed

 at odds 

with the way that most of the world 

looks at things.

As you might imagine, 

this has not made for an easy life;

But in the end, 

it means that I avoid 

the flaws and limits 

of conventional thinking.

So I seem to swim free 

of the traps

most conventional thinkers 

swim right into.

Have YOU made 

an unconventional choice 

that made ALL the difference?

Thanks!

                Warmly, cloudia

Woods Walk Waikiki

 A   L   O   H   A !

" What the caterpillar 
calls the end, 
the rest of the world 
calls a butterfly." 
                    Lao Tzu

“ Every day brings a choice:

 to practice stress 

or to practice peace.” 

                     Joan Borysenko

" You uncover

 what is

 when you get rid of 

what isn't. "

Buckminster Fuller

" I do more painting 

when I'm not painting. 

It's in 

the subconscious. "

                   Andrew Wyeth 

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Thank You!

                 Warmly, cloudia

Cone of Happiness

A  L  O  H  A !

Share your 

best pictures

- your best self -

Today, 

Trust there will be more

Tomorrow

" So long as 

you can sweeten 

another's pain, 

life is not

 in vain. "

                Helen Keller

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When hurricanes visit

there is a 

Cone of Uncertainty

expressing where 

they may go:

When your life is 

mostly happy,

that is a wonderful thing.

Sometimes, we forget

just how happy we are

as we are disturbed

by things that come up.

I was fretting about something,

when Pixie reminded me:

"But we are still well within

the Cone of Happiness."

Clever cat!

Who wouldn't prefer

such a cone?

So glad that YOU

prefer a Comfort Spiral

over a downward one!

Thank YOU playing today-

                    Fondly, cloudia
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Inside a Good Fence

A  L  O  H  A,     Y'All!

 " The universe is wider

 than our views of it. "

             Henry David Thoreau

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Here

" Find a place inside 

where there's joy, 

and the joy 

will burn out 

the pain. "

          Joseph Campbell

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Thank You!

             Warmly, cloudia

Higher Than the Ocean

A  L  O  H  A !

" A thousand disappointments 

in the past 

cannot equal the

 power of one 

positive action 

right now. 

Go ahead & go for it. "

                             Ralph Marston

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Thank You!

             Fondly, cloudia

The Shadow of Your Hurry

A  L  O  H  A - Means I Welcome the Breath of LIFE You Bring!

“ We who are so lucky 

as to be born into 

the light—

who see it every day 

and never think about it, 

we’re blessed. 

We could have been born

shadow souls 

who live and die 

in crimson darkness,” 

                          L. J. Smith

           

“ Being in a hurry. 

Getting to the next thing 

without fully entering 

the thing in front of me. 

I cannot think 

of a single advantage 

I've ever gained 

from being in a hurry. -

 " - But a thousand broken 

and missed things, 

tens of thousands, 

lie in the wake 

of all the rushing.... 

" -Through all that haste

 I thought 

I was making up

 time. -

"- It turns out

 I was throwing it away. ” 

            Ann Voskamp

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Time shared with YOU-

preparing this post,

imagining if it will speak,

then reading YOUR comments

- Are among the BEST

moments in my day.

And our Days

ARE our Life.

Thank YOU, Companion.

                     Fondly, cloudia

September Strive or Stroll

A  L  O  H  A !

' kulia na mamo. '

Striving for excellence 

Queen Liliuokalani

Lenticular Delight


"The universe is full
of magical things
patiently waiting
for our wits
to grow sharper."
                     Eden Philpotts

Lion of Scotland

" When the sky

 puts on a show,

 take the time

 to look up. "

                     Carmi Levy

We should all get out more

" You live longer 
once you realize 
that any time spent
 being unhappy
 is wasted. "
                Ruth E. Renkl 

"See and Be Seen"

" To touch the soul 
of another human being 
is to walk 
on holy ground. "
                      Stephen R. Covey

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To quote Joni Mitchell

"Love is touching souls;

Surely You've touched mine."

Thank YOU!

                   Warmly, cloudia