Realize

A  L  O  H  A !

It is important from time to time

to slow down

to go away by yourself

and simply be.

                            Eileen Caddy

Menehune are Hawai'i's fairies! 

This is the  real secret of life

to be completely engaged 

with what you are doing

in the here and now.

And instead of calling it work

realize it is play."

                          Alan Watts

Linking To

Weekend Reflections

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Love You

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Good To Be Back Home

A  L  O  H  A !

Overcome the notion that 

you must be regular, it 

robs you of the chance 

to be extraordinary.

           Uta Hagen

You become worthy of respect 

only by respecting 

the worth of others.

 An artist’s material

Is the same day to day life

That everyone lives

But stated in a new way

From a fresh angle.

I have reached an age when, 

if someone tells me 

to wear socks, 

I don't have to.

                    Albert Einstein

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E N J O Y !
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How To Get Through This

A  L  O  H  A !

Common person's patience 

will bring more happiness than 

common person's power.

             Amit Kalantri

Equanimity is 

calamity's medicine.

      Publilius Syrus

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.     

  Marcus Aurelius

People bring to what they see and feel 

the inner weather of their souls

and complexion of their minds.

                  Han Suyin

And Please Vote!


Linking To
Wild Bird Wednesday



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Eloquent Skies of Oahu

A  L  O  H  A !

 Stars don’t beg the world for attention; 

their beauty forces us to look up.

    Matshona Dhliwayo

If you cannot see the rainbow 

because your face is down, 

don't argue that no 

rainbow is up there. 

                     Israelmore Ayivor

It's a funny thing about life, 

once you begin to 

take note of the things

you are grateful for

you begin to lose sight of 

the things that you lack.

                        Germany Kent

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And so we go. . .

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Don't Shallow Wallow

A  L  O  H  A !

If you want to live in peace, 

you must not tell 

everything that you know, nor 

judge everything that you see.

Respect for the rights 

of others is peace.

               Mexican Proverb

Stop talking and thinking 

and there is nothing 

you will not be 

able to know.

          Sengatan, Hsin Hsin Ming

Hone and spread your spirit, 

till you yourself are a sail, 

whetted, translucent, 

broadside to 

the merest puff.

                     Annie Dillard

That translucent alabaster 

of our memories.

Marcel Proust

In shallow waters, 

shrimps make fools 

of dragons.

                    Chinese Proverb

Linking To

Monday Murals
Our World

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Together

We Can

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Cultivate

A  L  O  H  A !

Appreciation is the purest,

strongest form of love. 

It is the outward-bound 

kind of love that asks for 

nothing and gives everything.

               Kelly Corrigan

Turbulence is the only way 

to get altitude – to get lift. 

Without turbulence the sky is 

just a big blue hole. 

Without turbulence, you sink.

              Kelly Corrigan

Comfort:  Chicken Katsu Curry Saimin

Food is everything we are. 

It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, 

ethnic feeling, your personal history, 

your province, your region, 

your tribe, your grandma. 

It’s inseparable from those 

from the get-go. 

Anthony Bourdain

Tomorrow is another morning

Changing your mood,

 and your life for the better, 

is a Wonderful thing.

 Don’t force yourself 

to repeat a formula of words 

 many times a day.

 Instead 

cultivate  feelings of Expectant Joy.

 Take pleasure vacations many times a day

to think on the beautiful things you love.

 You will grow to  look forward to this!

 You will change.

 Your world will change. 

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Day By Day

in every way

you can be

better and better

coudia

Inner Conversations

A  L  O  H  A !

Morning to Night,

Then In Our Dreams,

A Narrative unfolds.

We not only Narrate,

But we Create

Reality.

For what we Believe

is manifested

in our behaviour, and

in our interpretations

of the behaviour of others.

Ultimately in the world 

around us.

Our inner conversation

goes on and on.

Meditation ignores,

but does not end, 

the conversation.

What are YOU

saying inwardly?

What is the flavor

of your interpretation?

As You Think

So Are You,

And Such Is

Your World.

All around us we see

the choices made:

Fear, Power, Distrust-

Love, Mutuality-

Hope, Despair-

Faith, Cynicism.

Choose this day.

Where you will live.

What are you sending out?

Put on the new person.

Rinse off old assumptions

freshness will replace the stale.

Linking To

Saturday Critters

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We Are All

Peers in This

World. In

This Work.

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