Majesty and Morning Boys

 A  L  O  H  A ! 

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You can't control 
your thoughts - 
just your response to them. 
Fortunately, 
that is where 
all the power lies.
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Morning Boys in Search of Waves, Waikiki

"If they give you ruled paper, 

write the other way."

 Juan Ramon Jiminez

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YOUR Visit

Makes my day,

Thanks

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Hawaiian Sunset Secret of Seconds

A  L  O  H  A !

"Almost nothing

 need be said 

when you have eyes." 

                         Tarjei Vesaas

" It is our choices 

that show us 

what we truly are, 

far more 

than our abilities. "

                              J.K. Rowling 

“A large drop of sun

 lingered on the horizon -

 and then dripped over 

and was gone,

and the sky 

was brilliant over the spot 

where it had gone, 

and a torn cloud, 

like a bloody rag, 

hung over the spot of its going.

 And dusk crept over the sky 

from the eastern horizon, 

and darkness crept 

over the land 

from the east.” 

 John Steinbeck, 

The Grapes of Wrath

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Time
is an amazing thing.
Feels like movement
but is really one
NOW
after another.

When you pause
and occupy the moment
a spark of REAL
jumps the gap
that you left.

Wait,
Allow an Angel
to pass.
Then what sinks
and what arises
over your horizon
will illuminate your
heart,
as well as those
of others.

Thank YOU

for Shining Here

with Us!

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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-

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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

Linking to Good Fences

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!

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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!

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