Eating the Elephant

A  L  O  H  A !

“ Elephants don’t know 

anything about 

the world of ants; 

the peaks of mountains 

are oblivious of 

what is happening 

on the plains!” 

                  Mehmet Murat ildan

“They say that 

somewhere in Africa 

the elephants have 

a secret grave 

where they go 

to lie down, 

unburden their wrinkled 

gray bodies, and 

soar away, light spirits 

at the end.” 

                  Robert McCammon

 So HOW do you 

eat the elephant 

in your room?

ONE bite at a time!

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[elephant emoticon]

I'm DOING it!

And wow, what a feeling!

Thank YOU!

               Warmly, cloudia

Goose

A  L  O  H  A !

" Tell Self-Pity to 

call back tomorrow -

 - Self-Confidence 

stopped by earlier 

& I cannot 

accommodate both. "

                  Leussa Adrienne

Linking to 

Wild Bird Wednesday

Thank YOU!

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You Are A Star

A  L  O  H  A !

" The pictures are there, 

and you just take them. "

                 Robert Capa 

" We all wear chains 

forged in our 

own furnaces. "

                    Rick Polad

" Be on the alert to 

recognize your prime 

at whatever time 

of your life 

it may occur."  

                  Muriel Spark

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Thank You!

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Just Sometimes

A  L  O  H  A !

" No great discovery 

was ever made 

without a bold guess. " 

                                Newton

" Dwelling on the negative 

simply contributes 

to its power. "

                   Shirley MacLaine

" Life is too 

deep for words,

 so don't try 

to describe it, 

just live it. "

              C.S. Lewis

Rather strange words 

for a novelist and 

essayist on 

the deepest topics!

Wouldn't you say?

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Sometimes, 

despite my best efforts, 

my head spins faster 

and faster like a toy, 

then it goes flying off 

in some random direction. 

Sometimes 

it flies quite far, and 

always unpredictably. 

Happy to report that

 I have retrieved my head 

and it is now sitting 

back on my neck, 

though not securely 

fastened as of yet. 

It remains a bit wild. . . . 

Fortunately years and years 

of being 'over sensitive' 

have given me ample 

opportunity to develop 

skills that even the 

most even tempered 

require from time to time. 

When my head flies 

around the corner 

like Daffy Duck, 

I know what to do, 

and often 

even DO IT! 

So here's to life, 

occasionally over-stimulating life!

Long may I wave. 

And look! 

I can see YOU 

waving back to me!  

Delightful

                  Fondly, cloudia

Re Create

A  L  O  H  A !

" A change in the weather 

is sufficient to 

recreate the world 

and ourselves. " 

                             Marcel Proust

" Better one 

good thing that is 

than two good things 

that were. "

             Irish Proverb

" It is no use 

walking anywhere 

to preach unless 

our walking 

is our preaching. "

                        Saint Francis

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Our friend,

Elephant's Child

made a post

from a walk she

didn't plan.

It is sort of a 

sermon about

patience, making the best

of a situation, getting-there,

and noticing LIFE

right in front of one's eyes.

You can see it

Here.

Wherever YOU walk

today, may you find

treasure & happiness!

               Fondly, cloudia

Tiny Witness

A  L  O  H  A !

" It's always worthwhile

to make others aware 

of their worth. "

                   Malcolm Forbes

Little Witness

" Writers are witnesses. "

                          E. L. Doctorow

" How people treat you 

is their karma; how 

you react is yours.

When you judge another, 

you do not define them, 

you define yourself. "

                  Wayne Dyer

linking to

Saturday Critters

Thank YOU!

                       Warmly, cloudia

You Choose

A  L O  H  A !

" Success is all about 

the way you choose 

to think and 

live and be."

                      Ralph Marston

" Throw away your 

handful of sugar, 

so that you may 

become 

the sugar field. "

                    Rumi

" The clash between 

child and adult is 

never so stubborn as 

when the child within us 

confronts the adult 

in our child. "

                   Robert Brault

Thank YOU

for Visiting!

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