Underway In Progress

A  L  O  H  A !

I have always wanted to know 

what was real, 

how things really are, 

and what matters. 

Now that I have had the privilege 

of living over half a century, 

I realize that this is the time 

to fully be the person, friend, 

and influence, that I have been 

in training my whole life to become. 

I invite you to join me. 

It's easy to win an argument, 

lob a remark like a hand grenade, 

and then retreat to the comfort 

of familiar prejudices. 

It is much harder to reach out 

in sincerity to your neighbor 

and find solutions. 

Just reaching is 

the first step. 

I invite you to join me.

 Handle the most 

important things in life 

like people's feelings 

with the lightest touch.

Don't Forget

To look up!

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Linking To
Skywatch
Shadow Shot Sunday

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Your Choice

A  L  O  H  A !

You call the heaven 

you hope for, 

or create the hell 

you fear.

Let your feelings

be your guide,

not your god.

This world is not realities yard stick but 

it's testing ground and playground. 

Truth is expansive and never ending. 

Life is a test tube of many experiments. 

And when the experiments are over 

Truth reigns once again over all

You're going along. You're 

doing emotionally great. 

Then a tiny thought or anxiety 

presents itself at the gate. 

Stay calm. 

Don't be like the elephant 

that runs up a tree because it's 

cartoonishly afraid of a mouse. 

Reframe how you feel about 

that tiny negative thought. 

Perhaps it is only come to 

press its nose up against 

the window of your party. 

Perhaps it is showing itself 

to remind you of the importance 

of the great mood you're in, 

and re-doubling your commitment 

to staying in a high vibration. 

None of this by force, 

but by CHOICE! 

The most powerful force 

in the universe. 

That little negative thought is 

asking you if you want to play. 

Don't engage, don't get upset.

 Thank it for the invitation 

and send it on its way with love.

Linking To

Global Weekly Skywatch

Here

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Ah, So Good of You

to Visit!

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The Courage To Listen Not Defend

A  L  O  H  A !

 Do you want to be "right" 

or be effective?  

You can be technically correct, 

but the person you argue with 

is telling you something valuable.  

They are telling you what is 

Emotionally True to them, 

what matters most to them.  

They are telling you exactly 

what you need to understand, 

in order to forge an agreement.

Can we even really hear 

each other anymore?

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

Tomorrow

A  L  O  H  A !

Dwelling on the negative 

simply contributes 

to its power.

      Shirley MacLaine

We awaken in others 

the same attitude 

of mind we hold 

toward them.

      Elbert Hubbard

If we look at the world 

with a love of life, 

the world will reveal 

its beauty to us. 

      Daisaku Ikeda 

Linking To
Our World Tuesday

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Beauty To US!

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About More Than A Telescope

A  L  O  H  A !

 Peaceful Protest

Never be afraid to raise your voice 

for honesty and truth and compassion 

against injustice and lying and greed. 

If people all over the world...would do this, 

it would change the earth.

                         William Faulkner

 "No Thirty Meter Telescope"

We must always take sides. 

Neutrality helps the oppressor, 

never the victim. Silence 

encourages the tormentor, 

never the tormented.

             Elie Wiesel

Kapu = Sacred

Aloha = Hawaiian Philosophy of Life

You never change things by 

fighting the existing reality.

To change something, 

build a new model that makes 

the existing model obsolete.

            Buckminster Fuller

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For decades

cutting edge astronomical

discoveries have been made

atop Maunakea,

the sacred mountain 

of the Hawaiian people.

As defenders of this sacred realm,

Hawaiians have decried 

construction, land use,

and water use, on

Maunakea for years.

Now a new instrument

is planned over their

objections.

But this time, the 

world is changing.

The Hawaiian people

are educated, knowledgeable

and strengthened by

their resurgent culture.

I love science! But this

is now about something

more important.

Right now,

what's happening on

this land, these islands,

our Earth,

is more important

than learning more

about space.

I believe the ancient 

Hawaiians who studied

the stars, and were 

great ocean navigators,

King Kalakaua who

invited astronomers

to his kingdom to

observe the transit

of Venus,

would all appreciate

and applaud the resurgence

of their descendants above all.

          Sincerely, cloudia

Thank You Friends

A  L  O  H  A !

You are a livingness, a verb. 

What is arising in you, 

at this moment, is 

the great realization.

               Christopher Zzenn Loren

Gratitude is one of 

the most medicinal 

emotions we can feel. 

It elevates our moods 

and fills us with joy."

         Sara Avant Stover

    

There is, they say, a

crowded highway to Hell,

but speak of the 

stairway to Heaven.

What lovely steps!

Pause as long on a step

as you wish.

Go back down a step or two

for another look at

a stage of your learning.

Enjoy the ascent.

High vibrations like gratitude,

High places like peaks,

are conducive to your rise,

Ignore the highway traffic.

Come up. Come up

in love.

Thank YOU Friends!

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"As Above

             So Below"

*"Saimin is a noodle soup dish developed by different immigrant groups in Hawaii. Inspired by Japanese ramen, Chinese mein, and Filipino pancit, saimin was developed during Hawaii's plantation era. It is a soup dish that consists of soft wheat egg noodles served in hot dashi garnished with green onions." Wikipedia

Back Street Honolulu

A  L  O  H  A !

 Oasis Of Spirit: Hawaiian Ti Plants

NĀNĀ I KE KUMU

"Look to your Sense of Place 

and sources of spirit, and 

you find your truth."

Ua Kuluma Ke Kanaka I Ke Aloha

It Is Natural For People 

To Behave In a Loving Way.

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Pixie

We are called to be 

bridge builders; 

but too many of us are 

merely toll takers.

Love one another;

Save the world

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Saturday Critters