Shadow Play

A  L  O  H  A !

" Negative people need 

drama like oxygen.. 

Stay positive, 

it'll take their 

breath away. "

               Tony Gaskins

Linking to

Shadow Shot Sunday2

Thank YOU

Friend!

                                cloudia

Changes Blowing

A  L  O  H  A !

I know the sound, and feel,

of hurricane winds,

their push and howling

shriek.

I have worked

twelve hours

for seven days,

week after week.

[After week]

I've felt the lava flow,

and seen it part,

known hotter burning

in the channels

of my heart.

Too young

too long

too empty of song.

I've seen it and done it

except what comes next but

have learned in that absence:

it pays to remain un-vexed.

Change is blowing

and a nice breeze it is

you will notice in time

but don't worry:

no pop quiz!

" I'm looking for 
 Saturday's Critters! "

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Thank YOU

for being a

precious part

of my day!

                     Fondly cloudia

Somewhere

A  L  O  H  A !

" Sharing makes you 

bigger than you are. 

The more you pour out

 the more life will 

be able to pour in. "

                             Jim Rohn

[ Look at how the rainbow

continues onto my book cover

above! It's a sign: BUY One! ]

" Instead of a gem, or 

even a flower, we 

should cast the gift 

of a loving thought 

into the heart of a 

friend that would be 

giving as the angels give." 

                   George MacDonald

" To send a letter is 

a good way to go 

somewhere without 

moving anything but 

your heart. "

                          Phyllis Theroux

[ Same for a Blog Post,

or comment! ]

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Thank YOU

for Sharing!

                Fondly, cloudia

Waiting Hard

A  L  O  H  A !

 " I have always, essentially, 

been waiting. 

Waiting to become 

something else, waiting

 to be that person 

I always thought

 I was on the verge of becoming, 

waiting for that life 

I thought I would have. . .

In my head, 

I was always 

one step away. 

In high school, 

I was biding my time 

until I could become 

the college version of myself, 

the one my mind could see so clearly. 

In college, the post-college 

“adult” person was 

always looming in front 

of me, smarter, stronger, 

more organized. 

Then the married person, 

then the person I’d become 

when we have kids. . .

" I love movies about 

“The Big Moment” – the game or

 the performance or 

the wedding day or 

the record deal,

 the stories that split time 

with that key event, and 

everything is reframed, 

" John Lennon once said, 

“Life is what happens 

when you’re busy 

making other plans.” 

The Big Moment, unfortunately, 

is an urban myth.

Life is a collection of 

a million, billion moments, 

tiny little moments and choices, 

like a handful of luminous, 

glowing pearls. It takes 

so much time, and 

so much work. . .

Linking to

Good Fences

"- But this is what I’m finding, 

in glimpses and flashes: 

this is it.. . .This is it. 

Normal, daily life ticking 

by on our streets and sidewalks, 

in our houses and apartments, 

in our beds and at our dinner tables, 

in our dreams and prayers 

and fights and secrets – 

this pedestrian life is 

the most precious thing 

any of use will ever experience.” 

                                 Shauna Niequist, 

                         Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the
                         Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life

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Thank YOU

for Waiting

Together!

                                      cloudia

Knowing AND Doing

A  L  O  H  A !

" To know and not to do, 

is not to know. "

                         Chinese Proverb

Yes! Knowing 

and Doing

are two 

separate things!

" I do not understand; 
for I am not practicing 
what I would like to do, 
but I am doing the 
very thing I hate. "
                      Romans 7:15

“People often say 

motivation doesn't last. 

Neither does bathing 

— that's why we 

recommend it daily.” 

                        Zig Ziglar

" It's not the load 

that breaks you down,

 it's the way you carry it. " 

             Lou Holtz

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Thank YOU

for Musing 

with Us!
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Selfish Affection

A  L  O  H  A !

" I can't go back to 

yesterday because 

I was a different 

person then. "

               Lewis Carroll

" Selfishness is not living 

as one wishes to live, 

it is asking others to live

as one wishes to live. "

                      Oscar Wilde

"The way to change 

others' minds 

is with affection, 

and not anger." 

                      Dalai Lama

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Thank YOU!

               Warmly, cloudia

Bake Sing Forgive Heal

A  L  O  H  A !

" Take the broken

 pieces of your life, 

bake a master cake 

out of it. "

             Israelmore Ayivor

" A friend is someone 

who knows the song 

in your heart, and 

can sing it back to you 

when you have 

forgotten the words. "

                Donna Roberts

" When you have 

a forgiving attitude, 

it is yourself 

that you heal! "

                                        cloudia

These Waikiki Sights
Linked to
Our World Tuesday

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Thank YOU!