Sky High Yipee

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

British: "Yippee"

 " My future starts 

when I wake up 

every morning... 

Every day I find 

something creative to 

do with my life. "

                                 Miles Davis

 " I have always grown 

from my problems

 and challenges, 

- from the things that 

don't work out, 

that's when I've

 really learned."

                          Carol Burnett

" A hippopotamus can 

be made invisible

 in dark water. "

                             African Proverb

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Thank You!

              Fondly, cloudia

SkyWatch Blue and Green

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Stress is 

an ignorant state.

  It believes that 

everything is an 

emergency. -

- Nothing is that important. "

                           Natalie Goldberg

Linking to

SkyWatch Friday

Thank YOU

for Floating with Us!

                                                       cloudia

Over The Fence

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

The last touristy, crappy, 

cheap bazaar, 

that WAS the 

International Marketplace 

is no more. 

Becoming transformed

behind the magician's fence

into another upscale expensive

SPEND-A-RAMA!

But the venerable banyan

that has seen so much:

drunken sailors,

lovebirds of all ages,

been crowned with

nesting rats for decades,

is being revived

as a pampered 

Luxe-Lady.

Nesting for

an entirely other

breed of rodent

bearing the 

Golden Token

- to enjoy their

Golden Moment -

Providing that

square foot

dollar quotient.

And still the sun

pours down on all

like lotion.

Or is that

just my notion?

Thanks for 

Your Patience!

                                "Childlike Charters"

Linking to

Tex's

Good Fences

Paradise Plastered

A   L   O   H   A   from   Honolulu!

" They paved paradise,

Put up a parking lot -"

                        Joni Mitchell

But we left PLENTY

of Paradise too-

"Always keep your smile. 

That's how I explain 

my long life." 

                        Jeanne Calment 

Linking to

Signs Signs

Thanks!

                        cloudia

Courage Gentle and Patient

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Outward courage 

dares to die; 

Inner courage 

dares to live. "

                              Lao Tzu

" The overcautious 

accomplish little. "

                           Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

" Good ideas are not 

adopted automatically. 

They must be 

driven into practice

 with courageous

 patience. "

                           Hyman Rickover

Traditional Hawaiian Greeting

" The 

important thing

 in life is

 courage. "

                          Woody Allen

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I'm on a Courage Kick.

Feels like a new thing.

Strange, because it

took a lot of courage

just to 

survive my childhood.

But courage has 
to do

with a choice.

Running away

is instinctive -

as is 

fighting back.

I did both,

relying on instinct

a lot back then.

Reliable guidance

was lacking.

Some creatures

'play dead'

which, looking back,

is what I did

on the inside.

So many feelings,

so much hurt 

and turmoil.

Quieting all those 

bad feelings

was priority

and job

one.

I put them into

therapeutic coma.

So I was tough

cause life had been

tough with me.

Now it takes

Courage

to see what 

really is-

About me

about Life

about You

and each of us.

Life takes

a certain measure

of courage;

Amounts differ

with each unique

recipe

for each unique

"Who I Really Am.'

Pleased to meet me!

Pleased to meet You too.

I'm not tough,

I'm brave.

Brave enough

to be gentle;

How about You?

                     Fondly, cloudia

Birdy Tweet

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

CLICK on Brazilian Cardinal

" True success is 

overcoming the fear 

of being unsuccessful. " 

                          Paul Sweeney

" The people who matter 

will recognize

 who you are. " 

                    Alan Cohen

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

Blogging Breathing Day by Day

A  L  O  H  A   from  Honolulu!

" You don't have to 
be great
to get started, 
but you have to 
get started to 
be great. "
           Les Brown

“At my lemonade stand 

I used to give 

the first glass away free

 and charge five dollars

 for the second glass. 

The refill contained

 the antidote.”

                         Emo Philips 

" Two persons 
cannot long be friends
if they cannot 
forgive each other's
little failings."  
              Jean de la Bruyere 

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Thank You!

           Fondly, cloudia