Sunlight You Have Been Given

A    L    O    H    A  !

The wise understand by themselves; 

fools follow the reports of others.      

              Tibetan 

To know how to grow old 

is the master work of wisdom, 

and one of the most difficult chapters 

in the great art of living.     

Henri Frederic Amiel

For Some Have Entertained 

Angels Unaware

One God, many faces.

One family, many races.

One truth, many paths.

One heart, many complexions.

One light, many reflections.

One world, many imperfections.

ONE.

We are all one,

But many.

           Suzy Kassem

Without forgiveness, 

there's no future. 

           Desmond Tutu

Even in a disaster someone somewhere is in love is safe and happy. The world is a mixed bag, even though you care, even as you help, find your own life's Sweet Spot. Don't allow despair to despoil the sunlight that you have been given. Rest when rest is needed. May love and peace spread and heal. Let it start with a quiet Joy you allow yourself to feel.

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Wild Bird Wednesday

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SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

Good Fences

Weekend Reflections

Not Really Alone

A   L   O   H   A  !

When there's new growth bursting out all over, everything fresh, green, and flourishing, the plants are little rockets of success going off every time you look at them.   

           Jacqueline Heriteau

I love to be alone. 
I never found the companion 
that was so companionable 
as solitude.     

Henry David Thoreau

I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. 
It gives them an opportunity to discover 
who they are 
and to figure out why 
they are always alone.      

Amy Sedaris

We KNOW why                        

we are staying home!

It is at once self interested

AND Heroic for others!

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
                  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Morning Moon Waikiki

The foolish seek happiness in the distance; 
the wise grows it underfoot.     
        James Openheim

Your success and happiness lies in you. 

Resolve to keep happy, and 

your joy and you shall form an 

invincible host against difficulties.      

Helen Keller

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Small Astonishments

A    L    O    H    A  !

It's that element of surprise. 

When you lose control, 

you discover new things.     

Daniel Lanois

What astonishes astonishes once, 

but what is admirable is 

more and more admired.     

      Joseph Joubert

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. 

Let your tears water the seeds 

of your future happiness. 

Steve Maraboli 

Another Great Bar Closed

Prolong not the past

Invite not the future

Do not alter your innate wakefulness

Fear not appearances

There in nothing more than this.

                         Ram Dass

 O passing angel, speed me with a song, 

a melody of heaven to reach my heart and 

rouse me to the race and make me strong.     

Christina Georgina Rossetti

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From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

Travel Tuesday

Happy Tuesday
Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday


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Here I am in California where we lived for 4 years

Together We Are

A    L    O    H    A  !

How Nice to See

YOU!

I believe in the immeasurable power of love; 

that true love can endure any circumstance 

and reach across any distance.

             Steve Maraboli

I love living. I love that I’m alive to love my age. 

There are many people who went to bed 

just as I did yesterday evening 

and didn’t wake this morning. 

I love and feel very blessed that I did.

         Maya Angelou

What is coming is better 

than what is gone.

   Arabic Proverb

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Our World Tuesday

AWWW Monday

Accept Flourish

A    L    O    H    A  !

In the central place of every heart 

there is a recording chamber.  

So long as it receives a message of 

beauty, hope, cheer, and courage – 

so long are you young.  

When the wires are all 

down and our heart is covered with the 

snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, 

then, and only then, are you grown old.

          Douglas MacArthur

Shadow Palms Dialogue

Tension is who you think 

you should be. 

Relaxation is who you are. 

            Chinese Proverb

*Take a slow, deep breath*

Hold for a beat.

Blow out gently through 

an imaginary straw.

Do it twice more.

Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish 

until you have freed yourself 

from mind dominance.

         Eckhart Tolle

Don't keep searching for the truth, 

just let go of your opinions.

Buddha

The most terrifying thing is

to accept oneself completely. 

           Jung

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But Do It Anyway

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Division Quickly Going Passe`

A    L    O    H    A  !

We all woke up this morning and 

we had with it the amazing return of 

our conscious mind. We recovered minds 

with a complete sense of self and a 

complete sense of our own existence — yet 

we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.

     António R. Damásio

Is there a cat around here?

Someone who loves a neighbor 

allows him to be 

as he is, as he was, 

and as he will be.     

    Michel Quoist 

Rededicate yourself to 

your passionate quests!

We Will Beach Together Again!

Together we can do this. 

Division is quickly going out of style. 

Pull together to build a truly 

better tomorrow for all. 

Don't argue with miserable people. 

Gently move on. At most ask 

the probing question innocently.

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Even As I Travel

A    L    O    H    A  !

The world sees. The sky hears. 

The universe understands. 

The heavens speak.

      Matshona Dhliwayo

A child can teach an adult three things: 

to be happy for no reason, to 

always be busy with something, and to 

know how to demand with all his might 

that which he desires.

             Paulo Coelho

Star lost

in the light of dawn,

trill of the breeze,

warmth, breath—

the night is done.

You are light and morning.

       Cesare Pavese

The land created me. 

I'm wild and lonesome. 

Even as I travel the cities, 

I'm more at home 

in the vacant lots. 

             Bob Dylan

Visit Hawaii Later. We miss you!

Only in the shattering can 

the rebuilding occur.

Barbara Marciniak

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