Glad We Are Friends

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The fellowship of true friends 

who can hear you out, 

share your joys, help 

carry your burdens, 

and correctly counsel you 

is priceless. 

          Ezra Taft Benson

Freedom makes a huge requirement 

of every human being. 

With freedom comes responsibility. 

For the person who is 

unwilling to grow up, the 

person who does not want to 

carry his own weight, this 

is a frightening prospect.

         Eleanor Roosevelt

The secret of genius is to 

carry the spirit of the child 

into old age, which means 

never losing your enthusiasm. 

                Aldous Huxley

Sky Door

A gentle hand may lead even 

an elephant by a hair.     

      Iranian

Example is not the main thing 

in influencing others. 

It is the only thing.     

      Albert Schweitzer

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Unprecedented Opportunity

A   L   O   H   A  !

African Tulip

What the world really needs is 

more love and less paperwork.'

    Pearl Bailey

African Tulips

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, 

instead of cowering before them, 

we should make up our minds to 

walk boldly through them.  

          Orison Swett Marden

The age in which we live, 

this non-stop distraction, 

is making it more impossible 

for the young generation 

to ever have the curiosity 

or discipline because 

you need to be alone 

to find out anything.

       Vivienne Westwood

 Baby Duck Season In Waikiki. 

Life Goes On!

 Skies are clearing.

Waters running clean.

People Waking To 

What Matters.

 Earth. . . Sky. . .Thunder. . .

Mountain. . .Water. . .

Wind. . .Fire. . .Lake. . .

These change

And if these do not last

Do man's visions last?

Do man's illusions?

Take things as they come

All things pass.

 Lao-Tzu (6th century BC)

From translations adapted by Timothy Leary

(born October 22nd 1920 - died May 31st 1996)

This version appears in Leary's Psychedelic

Honolulu Reflected, my Lanai (Balcony)

We Have This

Unprecedented Opportunity

to be social heroes

by staying home

and exploring the freedom,

creativity, love, and wisdom

in our private domains.

Emotions flow in curlicues

and spirals. We process by

feeling. And this is no different.

Don't dwell on What-If

but shed a tear, then

cherish your delight.

Whatever happens,

our Today

will never come again.

celebrate your courage,

your neighbors and your family

by amusing and distracting

yourself and those close.

I find bad jokes and old

movies particularly helpful.

We WILL come out the other side.

Wiser and more grateful

for the every day blessings

of "Normal Life" and

hopefully one another.

Now turn off the news

and go play (safely).

Fondly, cloudia

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Every Storm Runs Out of Rain

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The important thing is this: 

To be able at any moment to 

sacrifice what we are 

for what we could become. 

   Charles DuBois

Where your fear is, 

there is your task. 

Carl Jung

No one alive

has experienced this.

1919 was last time.

Previous emergencies

have been limited to 

a place, a city, a region.

But this is world wide.

Every person in the world

on the same page.

As JFK pointed out:

what we share, is that

we all breathe.

So take a breath.

This WILL end.

Make the best of

the time we have

to think, to create,

to share, and to love - 

even if physically apart.

Tough Times Don't Last

Loving, Kind People DO.

Be loving and kind

to yourself.

That alone will counteract

panic in the atmosphere.

One point of light.

We All Breathe.

Onward to Elections,

and tomorrow!

Nice  Physical Distancing!

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Research has shown how combining pictures and text enhances understanding, as the activities of reading and viewing activate different information processing systems within the brain. (Mayer R.E., Sims V.K.,1994). 

 The Capable Peli-CAN

Even the smallest changes 

in our daily routine 

can create the incredible ripple effects

that expand our vision of

what is possible.

Charles F. Glassman

I beg you take courage; 

the brave soul can 

mend even disaster. 

        Catherine the Great

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Keep Calm. Pet Me. Carry On

A   L   O   H   A  !

    

United we stand; 

divided we fall. 

    Aesop

We love being mentally strong, 

but we hate situations that 

allow us to put our mental strength 

to good use.

   Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Calm mind brings inner strength and 
self-confidence, so that's very 
important for good health.
Dalai Lama

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You don't have to control your thoughts. 

You just have to stop letting them control you.

Dan Millman

Keep Calm. Pet Me. Carry On

Remain calm, serene, always 

in command of yourself. 

You will then find out 

how easy it is 

to get along.     

Paramahansa Yogananda

..........

Fake It Till You Make It.
Smiling tells your body
that you ARE happy!

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Love You,

                                      cloudia

Take A Day

A   L   O   H   A  !

Each person deserves a day away 

in which no problems are confronted, 

no solutions searched for.  

Each of us needs to withdraw from the

cares which will not withdraw from us.

          Maya Angelou

Pumehana Street runs to the Mountains

Me ke aloha 

pumehana, 

With the warmth of my love

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Rest is not idleness, and 

to lie sometimes on the grass 

under trees on a summer's day,

listening to the murmur of the water, 

or watching the clouds float across the sky, 

is by no means a waste of time.

                     John Lubbock

A quiet secluded life in the country, 

with the possibility of being useful 

to people to whom it is easy to do good, 

and who are not accustomed 

to have it done to them; 

then work which one hopes 

may be of some use; 

then rest, nature, books, music, 

love for one's neighbor — 

such is my idea of happiness.

                     Leo Tolstoy

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Just Remember

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 Do your little bit of good where you are; 

its those little bits of good put together 

that overwhelm the world.

           Desmond Tutu

 I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward someone who needs help. It is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to our lives.

                       Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

 When words are both true and kind, 

they can change the world.

                 Buddha

 A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

               Amelia Earhart

Just remember: nothing lasts forever, 

change is the rule of life.

And the scariest demons of darkest night, 

fade in the glory of morning's 

good light. 

          Your Friend,

                                                 Cloudia