Sunshine

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I spent too long in the shadows ...

I'm looking forward to

being in the light

with you.

      Sylvain Reynard

The town was glad

with morning light.

 Charles Dickens

Comfort and simplicity

are two keys that I follow

when it comes to fashion.

   Fawad Khan

I know there is strength in

the differences between us.

I know there is comfort

where we overlap.

    Ani DiFranco

If I could be the sunshine

and all the days were mine

I would find a special place

to shine!

  Utah Phillips

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Pixie & Cloudia

Roots and Direction

A L O H A From Honolulu!

True power means listening

to and from the heart

and having the

commitment and humility

to clear all that stands

in the way of that

heart connection. 

                 Susan Steinbrecher

Don't let the noise

of others' opinions

drown out your

own inner voice.

And most important,

have the courage to

follow your

heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

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Wear a crown of

flowers on your head,

let its roots

reach your heart.

Kabir

 Named in honor of Staff Sergeant Robert T. Kuroda,
442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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When pure sincerity 

forms within, it is

outwardly realized in

other people's hearts.

      Lao Tzu

It was possible, I knew,

to live on two planes at once—

to have one’s feet planted in

reality but pointed in

the direction of progress.

Michelle Obama

It's so simple to be wise.

Just think of something

stupid to say and

then don't say it.

Sam Levenson

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Play Like You

A L O H A From Honolulu!

How great would

the world be if

we all had the

heart of a dog?

Life is a paradise

for those who love

many things

with passion. Leo F. Buscaglia

Did you know that

there are over 300

words for love

in canine?

  Gabriel Zevin

The night hides a world, 

but reveals a universe.

Terry Gotham 

Sometimes you have to

play a long time

to be able to

play like yourself. Miles Davis

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Imagined

A L O H A From Honolulu!

True life is lived

one moment

at a time. Karen Sather 

In the word scent,

is the S or the C silent?

The child is in me still

and sometimes

not so still.

  Fred Rogers

It's quite possible that

things will turn out better

than you ever imagined!

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Cloudia & Pixie

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A L O H A From Honolulu!

Dreams are illustrations...

from the book your soul

is writing about you.

Marsha Norman

Happiness is like a butterfly,

which when pursued is

just beyond your grasp,

but which, if you sit

down quietly, it may

alight upon you.

      Hawthorn

Thou canst not stir a flower

Without troubling of a star...

  Francis Thompson 

    "The Mistress of Vision," c.1897

Trust yourself. Create the kind 

of self that you will be 

happy to live with all your life.   

Golda Meir

Over every mountain

there is a path, 

although it may not be

seen from the valley. 

    Theodore Roethke

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Cloudia & Pixie

Wisdom Lingers

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Ponder the difference

between a mindset

and a mind free

to unlock your power.

Beautify your inner dialogue.

Beautify your inner world

with love light

and compassion.

Life will be beautiful.

Amit Ray

This poem has been

called obscure.

I refuse to believe that

it is obscurer than pity,

violence, or suffering.

But being a poem,

not a lifetime, it

is more compressed.

  Dylan Thomas

There are 100 ways

to react to

spilled milk.

Your chance to

show love. Dr Margaret Aranda

Knowledge comes

but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Not Stiff or Brat

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Be like a palm tree by

the ocean that endures

the greatest winds

because it knows how

to gracefully bend.

Stephen Kendrick

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"The Taoist model

spiritual life

after a plant.

A living plant is

tender and pliant,

while a dead plant is

stiff and hard;

One who is with the Tao is

also tender and pliant,

while one who departs from

the Tao is stiff and hard.

The plant kingdom

is a quiet kingdom

that sleeps in beauty;

Taoist quietude is the spiritual

condition for regeneration.

A plant grows at its own pace.

The Taoist allows events to

unfold according to their

inner rhythms; (s)he acts by

non-action (wu-wei), which

is acting with, not against,

the inner rhythms of things.

A plant is always

renewing itself;

the Taoist celebrates

perpetual childhood."

-  Ellen M. Chen, 

The Tao Te Ching:

A New Translation

with Commentary, 1989

What does it mean if someone is a stiff?

When a person is stiff, they are

artificial and unrelaxed — 

unless they're "scared stiff"

or "bored stiff."

A regular guy is

a working stiff.

Another colloquial meaning of stiff is

"to underpay, or to cheat.”

Also, a stiff drink has a lot of alcohol.

A dead body is sometimes

called a stiff, but it's rude.

stiff - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

The most sophisticated

people I know -

inside they are

all children. Jim Henson

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Love You,

      Pixie & Cloudia

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