Dog Rides Rainbow

A L O H A !

" Beware 

so long as you live, 

of judging people 

by appearances. "

                              La Fontaine

" The entire ocean

 is affected 

by a pebble. "

                   Blaise Pascal

“ Focus” suggests limitation, 

something else is blurred. 

“Attention” suggests 

the whole picture. "

                   Tom Hiddleston

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             Warmly, cloudia

Happy? Who Cares?

A  L  O  H  A !

We put a lot of emphasis

on feeling good.

"I just want my

children to be happy"

we say.

We avoid bad feeling,

chase good feelings,

but feelings come and go

like weather any way.

We can create conditions

for happiness, and avoid

what brings us down,

but 99.99% of humans are

NOT happy all the time.

I was thinking:

"so what?"

Worrying about happiness

seems like a huge waste

of time, as well as an

internal contradiction.

Perhaps we are happiest

when we are NOT thinking

about it at all!

Gratified sociopaths are happy.

We who care, are often unhappy

about something that is wrong.

And so we try to fix it.

That's some productive

unhappiness!

Maybe our feelings

are not as important

as our choices.

Get them right,

and happy tends

to result.

I choose to be happy;

but not worry too much

when I'm not.

I'm adopting a 

So What attitude.

I hope you feel good today.

But if you are mourning,

I will cry with you.

Supporting a friend

makes me happy.

Such a contradictory life!

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Your Comments

ALWAYS make me

H A P P Y!

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Honolulu Front and Back

A  L  O  H  A !

 Waikiki Beach & Diamond Head.

THAT's Honolulu to most people

 Rainbows, Resorts, Ocean Views

Click Photo to Stand in Street

This little wood frame house,

surrounded by mid [20th] Century

walk-up apartments speaks to me

of a city growing.

19th Century Chinatown.

Modern  towers 'photo bombing'

the shot

From the Japanese plantation carpenters

who built so many wood frame, local

style shacks, houses, temples,

& Hawaiian Sampan fishing boats. . . 

. . . To the high rises going

up today, Honolulu

is a dynamic Pacific City.

I join all previous 

residents going back 

centuries in saying:

"You should have been

here 30 years ago;

It was so different,

so beautiful then!"

Thanks for Visiting!

                Warmly, cloudia

Shadow Emergent

A  L  O  H  A !

Shadow 0val

" Conceit is God's gift 

to little men. "

                Harry S Truman 

Linking to

Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Diagram

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                Warmly, cloudia

Racing for Pinks

A   L   O   H   A  !

" A wise one who 

knows proverbs, 

reconciles difficulties.  "

                             Yoruba Proverb

 " Since love grows within

you, so beauty grows.  

For love is the beauty 

of the soul. "   

                                   Saint Augustine 

" There is a land of 

the living and a 

land of the dead and

 the bridge is 

love. . .  "

                  Thornton Wilder

Linking to
Saturday's Critters

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           Warmly, cloudia

[small but colorful!]

" Racing for pinks. 

A race in which the winner 

claims permanent ownership 

of the loser's vehicle."

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Self Flections

A L O H A !

MMM Dim Sum!

“ Each 
moment in time 
we have it all, 
even when we 
think we 
don't.
                        Melody Beattie

SO GLAD to
be back online!
I MISSED YOU

Linking to 
Weekend Reflections


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                   Fondly, cloudia

The Only Argument

A  L  O  H  A !

" To argue with a man who

 has renounced the use and 

authority of reason is like

 administering medicine

 to the dead. "

                                   Thomas Paine

" Arguing serves the function 

of being a zone of familiarity 

into which you can retreat 

when you are afraid

of making a 

creative breakthrough.

                                       Gay Hendricks

" The only argument 

you have to win, 

is the one

 with yourself. "

                           Pixie

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          [No Argument] cloudia