Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Once in a While

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Once in a while, you
pick the right thing,
the exact best thing.
Every day, the moment you
open your eyes and pull
off your blankets, that's
what you hope for.
The sunshine on your face,
warm enough to
make you heart sing. Sarah Ockler




Peace begins
with a smile.
Mother Teresa


Smile, your
soul's watching
Allan Rufus


Fallen blossoms are in their
golden years.
They bloomed and went through an
entire Becoming & Beautifying.
Now they have dropped.
Some are beautiful, still fresh,
 perched in beautiful places.
Others are beginning to brown
around the edges. Some
even land face down. But
even the back of a flower is
a beautiful thing to those who look.
We are all flowers and someday
we will fall. Let's give
thanks for today and for
the sun that is on our face
at this moment. And
let's go on beautifying and
healing the world
together.










Paint the flying spirit
of the bird
rather than its feathers.
  Robert Henri






Monday, August 8, 2022

Flowers Love Us

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Let there always be a
bright spot in your heart
for the people around you.
They might need
a bit of sunshine.
   Ron Baratono


Yellow-fronted canary is in the finch family

I am a soul in the world:
in the world of my soul
the whirled light from the day Amiri Baraka

I love you between
shadow and soul.
I love you as the plant
that hasn't bloomed yet,
and carries hidden
within itself
the light of flowers.
Pablo Neruda



King Of Drinks
If I had to live my life over,
I'd live over a saloon.
  W.C. Fields




Acts of kindness never die.
They linger in the memory,
giving life to other
acts in return.
    Jonathan Sacks


It felt important to acknowledge
our small successes, to stop
and observe the tiny pockets
of sunshine that broke up the
boredom of our monochrome days
and made us smile.
    Ranjani Rao


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Sunday, August 7, 2022

Funny

A L O H A From Honolulu!

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

Before a child talks
they sing.
Before they write
they draw.
As soon as they stand
they dance.
Art is fundamental to
human expression.
Phylicia Rashad


Birds will give you a window,
if you allow them. They will
show you secrets
from another world–
They will do this for you
if you watch them.
― Lyanda Lynn Haupt,
     Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds





Have patience with
everything that remains
unsolved in your heart.
...live in the question.
Rainer Maria Rilke


If I were two-faced,
would I be
wearing this one?
 Abraham Lincoln


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Love You,
Pixie & Me





Saturday, August 6, 2022

Open Closed Open

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Best Trio Award:

Water, Light & Wind



'Battle Within'

You are a light. You
are the light. Never
let anyone—any person
or any force—dampen,
dim or diminish your light.
Lean toward the whispers
of your own heart John Lewis


Crown Flowers Open & Closed

Try to keep your mind open
to possibilities and your
mouth closed on matters
that you don't know about.
Amy Poehler



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"That's just the way I am"
is a missed opportunity for growth.
Personality is not your destiny.
It's your tendency. No one is
limited to a single way of
thinking, feeling, or acting.
Who you become is not
about the traits you have.
It's what you decide
to do with them.
Adam Grant

You have Today, this moment. Choose joy. Just for this moment, Just for this day. Lift someone. Maybe yourself. Just for this minute. Just for today.  

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Love You,
  Pixie & Cloudia
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Friday, August 5, 2022

Each Day Decide

A L O H A From Honolulu!
Intelligent silence is better
than ignorant speech. Matshona Dhliwayo


Stop being afraid about getting older-
Just because you're a certain age
doesn't mean you have to give up
on life, give up on having fun,
give up on having boyfriends
or girlfriends, making new
friends, or whatever
you want to do.
    Jane Fonda


I dream that someday
the step between my
mind and my finger will
no longer be needed.
And that simply by
blinking my eyes, I
shall make pictures. Then,
I think, I shall really have
become a photographer.
Alfred Eisenstaedt


An unhealed person can
find offense in pretty much
anything someone does.

A healed person understands
that the actions of others
have absolutely nothing
to do with them.-



-Each day you get to decide
which one you will be.
    Jay Shetty

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Love You,
  Pixie & Cloudia




Thursday, August 4, 2022

Foolish Angel

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Intelligence is knowing
what is true but
wisdom is knowing
what is good.


The greatest fools in
the universe are men
who think they are
smarter than women.
 Matshona Dhliwayo




When a humble person
accomplishes something
it is sweet for everyone.
When an egotist
accomplishes something,
it carries the stink
of their self-centeredness. 

 In the seventeenth century
"self-centered" meant
"fixed or stationary."


A foolish angel is better
than an intelligent devil.
   Matshona Dhliwayo





It's the little things
that matter, that
add up in the end, with
the priceless thrilling magic
found only in a friend.
Elizabeth Dunphy


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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Magic Found

A L O H A From Honolulu!
There's a great joy in my giving.
It's thrilling. It's exhilarating.
It's important to be a
part of sharing.
It is my love.
It is my joy.
W. Clement Stone


Be comfortable in the narrow streets
because they will take you
to the wider streets!
 Mehmet Murat ildan



I see friends shaking hands
saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you"
Yes, I think to myself,
what a wonderful world!
Bob Thiele & George Douglas
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Remember, remember,
this is now, and now.
Live it, feel it, cling to it.
I want to become
acutely aware of all
I've taken for granted. Sylvia Plath

It's the little things that matter,
that add up in the end,
with the priceless
thrilling magic found
only in a friend. Elizabeth Dunphy

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia