Thursday, November 28, 2019

Treasure In The Streets

A  L  O  H  A !
Connected Banyan Tree Family seen through a
leafy canopy at Thomas Sq. Honolulu

She carried a thousand lights 
inside her heart, 
and a thousand lights 
carried her.
               Vatsal Surti












If you add your hot passion to the 
cold attitude of another person, 
it becomes lukewarm. 
Don’t stand on the toes of dwarfs; 
stand on the shoulders of giants!
    Israelmore Ayivor













To find extraordinary things,
go to the ordinary streets.
  Mehmet Murat ildan














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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Hawaii Holiday Preview

A  L  O  H  A !
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
    Elbert Hubbard















I'm interested in everything 
but passionate about nothing.
  Jeanne Calment
[world's oldest woman record holder]















Be not angry that you cannot make 
others as you wish them to be, 
since you cannot make yourself 
as you wish to be.
Thomas à Kempis, 
Imitation of Christ, c.1420






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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Waikiki Walk

A  L  O  H  A
Waikiki, Kaio`o Drive [Kahyo - Oh]

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
       Seneca












Bacchus Bar Link
Expose yourself to the possibility 
of doing something remarkable.
          C. Cunningham











"N O V E M B E R,  Oahu"

















The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.
Howard Zinn



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Monday, November 25, 2019

Don't Exercise

A  L  O  H  A !


Do you know what is more precious 

than prayers and fasting? 
Making peace between two people.
      Prophet Muhammad














Dredging scene in Christmas Colors

You don't make a photograph 
just with a camera.

You bring to the act of photography 

all the pictures you have seen
the books you have read
the music you have heard,
the people you have loved.
   Ansel Adams













3 Japanese Bride Photo Shoots on the Beach
Don't exercise your 
freedom of speech 
until you have exercised 
your freedom of thought. 
       Tim Fargo




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Sunday, November 24, 2019

Fireworks, Doll, Angel

A  L  O  H  A !
When you meet someone
so different from yourself,
in a good way,
you don’t even have to kiss
to have fireworks go off.
    Lisa Schroeder













Dolls are precious little reflections of joyous light, whose hope is only to delight. I never shoot for perfection or symmetry in doll making. It is our lovely flaws that make us each special.
            Gayle Wray










Let your heart speak 
to others' hearts.
   Yogi Bhajan









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Saturday, November 23, 2019

Be That One

A  L  O  H  A !

Be the first
to brighten
with the dawn















Honolulu Bungalow Link Papaya Tree (L)


The rough must always accompany the smooth. Without one or the other 
one learns nothing about oneself.
        Solange nicole















When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park? 
    Ralph Marston
















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Flow with whatever may happen, 
and let your mind be free: 
Stay centered by accepting 
whatever you are doing. 
This is the ultimate.
          Zhuangzi



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Friday, November 22, 2019

Better Than Ten Years Of Study

A  L  O  H  A !
Ride The Rainbow - Going UP!
The thousand mysteries around us 
would not trouble but interest us, 
if only 
we had cheerful, healthy hearts.
              Nietzsche













Park Your Shadow in Waikiki
In a full heart there is room 
for everything, and in an 
empty heart there is room 
for nothing.
    Antonio Porchia






















Honolulu Streets Have Character
















A single conversation with a wise one
is better than ten years of study.  
           Chinese Proverb










The emotion that can 
break your heart is
sometimes the very one 
that heals it.
         Nicholas Sparks



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