Monday, May 20, 2024

Not Trifles

A L O H A From Honolulu!

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison


Staying kind, calm, and
keeping an open mind 
are radical acts today!




Petals soft as satin sighs,
Plumeria twirls down from the skies,
To paint the grass like colored snow,
Springtime blooms in gentle glow.

Nature's art this fragrant sea
Sweet perfume to the trade wind's glee.
This lawn of blooms a tropic grace,
Touches of heaven in this place.


Carpet soft, a fragrant bed,
Spring time's whispers gently spread.
Cloudia Charters




When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.
Pema Chodron





Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything
George Bernard Shaw, 





A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, knows something. Wilson Mizner

ꯞꯞꯞꯞꯞꯞꯞꯞꯞꯞ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

Mystery Scene With Dog

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The Moon, like a flower
in Heaven's high bower,
with silent delight,
sits
and smiles on the night.
      William Blake



Click on photo to enlarge the mystery
Light isn't always buoyant
and shadows aren't always despair;
yet both, I believe, are limitless
in lessons that they share.
Carolyn Riker






Remember,
the best way to resist darkness
is to shine your own light.
Be the kindness
that defies negativity.
   Mattie Stepanek
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I never tell anyone
exactly how clever I am.
They would be too scared.
    Eoin Colfer

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Saturday, May 18, 2024

No Empty Gestures

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Wearing her crown of royal night,
The city breathes in jeweled light.
Streets below, vibrant streams
Flash neon signs and active dreams.
But up above, the heavens hold
A deeper magic poured in black gold.
      Cloudia Charters





Animals praise a good day, a good hunt.
They praise rain if they're thirsty.
That's prayer. They don't live an
unconscious life, they simply have no
language to talk about these things.
But they are grateful for the
good things that come along.
            Mary Oliver

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Adenium is a genus of flowering plants
in the family Apocynaceae first described in 1819.
It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
With the delicacy of a flower,
love tames the most aloof hearts.
     Augusto Branco





There are no empty gestures
made with a full heart. 
   John Sarris 


𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋𑂋
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔𑂔

Friday, May 17, 2024

Warrior Not Worrier

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Remember
We are not given a challenge
we can't overcome.

The reason most people break
down is that they put most of
the energy into the problem
instead of the solution.

Let's get into warrior mode
not worrier mode!
Gedale Fenster



The Crown-flower queen, In robes of lilac blue With her stems of attendants, And Bees, around her head. The little bees are glad, For they know that she is good, And the Crown-flower is happy, In their neighborhood
Together they endure
In harmony and peace.
The crown herself is crowned
By her golden bees.
Cloudia Charters



The greatest illusion of
modern society is that freedom
is purely individualistic, when in
reality, our freedom is deeply
interconnected with the
well-being of everyone. @berniegirl67_3


The longer I live, the more deeply
I learn that love, whether we call it
friendship or family or romance, is
the work of mirroring and magnifying
each other's light. Gentle work.
Steadfast work. Life-saving work
in those moments when life and
shame and sorrow occlude our own light
from our view, but there is still a
clear-eyed loving person to beam it back.
In our best moments, we are that
person for another. James Baldwin

ꢯꢯꢯꢯꢯꢯꢯꢯꢯꢯ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

The Road to Heliconia

A L O H A From Honolulu!

It was good to be a little island
a part of the world
and a world of its own
all surrounded by
the bright blue sea.
Golden MacDonald
[Margaret Wise Brown]



Heliconia

Don't wait to be successful
at some future point.
Have a successful relationship
with the present moment and be
fully present in whatever you are doing.
That is success.
    Eckhart Tolle





Sing with your voices,
your hearts, your
lips and your lives.
Augustine Of Hippo




I Will always carry myself
with understated dignity.
But what others think of me
is really none of my business. 
They don't know me.
      Cloudia 



Even when you spend your day
 on the edge of darkness 
the light always finds
its way to you.
           Karen Sather



The whole world is a
series of miracles, but
we're so used to them
we call them ordinary things. Hans Christian Andersen

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Negate Not

When I started counting
my blessings, my whole
life turned around.
  Willie Nelson




Big Banana Blossom
You can't teach
calculus to a chimpanzee.
So just share your banana.
 John Rachel





Honolulu Fire Department Central Fire Station
 104 S. Beretania Street  Click Photo to Enlarge  Link



Be an opener of doors
Ralph Waldo Emerson


A very little key will
open a very heavy door.
Charles Dickens





Nothing you have
is yours to keep.
But everything you have
is yours to give. 
  John Sarris





If you label me, you negate me.
By giving me a name, a label, you
negate all the other things
I could possibly be.
    Soren Kierkegaard



𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊙𐊜
Love You,
 Cloudia & Pixie



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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Banquet Brain Bouquet

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Just relax and be kind.
Then all that cannot be forced
will flow to you easily.
Stop focusing on worries.
Cloudia Charters








Moonlight Shower Tree
I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow






When one is willing and able the gods join in. Aeschylus




The sun, the earth,
love, friends, 
our very breath are
parts of the banquet. 
  Rebecca H. Davis


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia



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