Saturday, December 21, 2024

That Happy Feeling

 A L O H A  From 
H A W A I I

 Clouds are free, 
they are one of 
the freest things in nature, 
they just float around 
and have a good time.  
                        Bob Ross



Gingerbread House
Ravaged By Dinosaurs


What do you call a T-Rex
wearing a cowboy hat 
and boots? 
Tyrannosaurus Tex!


What do you call a T-Rex 
with an extensive vocabulary? 
A Thesaurus!


Oh!  Dear!!

How do you invite a
dinosaur to lunch? 
Tea, Rex?




Traveling  Reindeer
On Wheels

Always keep that 
happy attitude. 
Pretend that you are 
holding a beautiful 
fragrant bouquet.     
  Earl Nightingale





On the single
strand of wire strung 
to bring our house electricity, 
grackles and starlings neatly 
punctuated an invisible sentence.
      John Updike



Roll Easy With Change

Morning breathes
Like rivers
Long set routines
wind their way.

Now change is here.
There's bound to be 
Turbulence
But even this
Has it's place.

To dance with change
Not be crushed by it
Turning from what we know
With grace.

Let go of roots
No longer growing.  
The heart beats steady
Calm is still flowing.

Growth quietly blooms
But sometimes it booms!

So trust  and flow
We are leaves
In the stream,  
On currents of change
Finding new dreams.  

With grace as our guide
Let's step into light,  
Embracing the change 
Of our days
With fresh sight.

Cloudia Charters 



ᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌᅌ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie







 Linking To
Saturday Critters

Friday, December 20, 2024

With Me and Be

 A L O H A  from
H O N O L U L U

True wisdom comes to
each of us when we realize 
how little we understand 
about life, ourselves, and 
the world around us.
   Socrates





A negative attitude is
below the horizon, 
a place for 
lonesome hearts.
T. F. Hodge






We are safe...Come 
with me and be in 
the present moment.
  Thich Nhat Hanh




In a world of roses 
be a heliconia!





The older I get, 
the greater power I 
seem to have to 
help the world; 
I am like a snowball - 
the further I am rolled 
the more I gain.
      Susan B. Anthony

એએએએએએએએએએએ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

𓅺

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Every Day Not Everyday

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Every day I'm learning 
Every day I wonder 
Every day I'm grateful 
Every day I blunder. 

Every day I fail 
But every day I'm true 
Every day a few steps 
Closer God to you. 
     Cloudia Charters 


 Little, vicious minds
abound with anger
and revenge, and are
incapable of feeling
the pleasure of
forgiving their enemies. 
Earl of Chesterfield



Being confident doesn't
mean we have to show
everyone how good we are;
it means that we know
we are enough
without having the
need to show off.
   Alexander Den Heijer,
  Nothing You Don't Already Know







This is not the year to
get everything you want.
This is the year to appreciate 
everything you have.
    Viral Wisdom of the Moment



꧅꧅꧅꧅꧅

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia




꧁꧂



Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Key to the Whole Thing

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

The key is to
keep company only
with people who uplift you, 
whose presence calls
forth your best.
Epictetus



Paddling Outrigger Canoe Together

Getting to know a
diverse group of people 
leads to a better 
understanding of yourself.
Alexander Den Heijer






It is your reaction
to adversity,
not the adversity itself,
that determines how
your life story will develop.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf




Now tenderness whispers A different refrain Where connection is key And empathy reigns.
Pixie

🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑🔑

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

💥

Linking To
Thankful!



Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Caregivers

 A L O H A  From  
H O N O L U L U

When love flows outward,
Joy blooms like light,
Self mellows in peace,
Connections burn bright.

Desire's tight boundaries 
Are ready for war,
But giving expands us
Beyond what we were.
Cloudia Charters 




To inspire people, don't
show them your superpower,
show them theirs.
Alexander Den Heijer



As long as
there have been humans,
we have cared for one another:
mother for child and onward.
You might say that
caregivers are the most human
among us. Whether it is full-time
care for a family member, a job, a profession, or just holding the
door for another person,
Most of us are caregivers.
Thank you. And
don't forget to care
for yourself.
Cloudia Charters






The most common way
people give up their power
is by thinking
they don’t have any.
  Alice Walker




ᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪᬪ

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


💧



When I was around 14,
and a huge fan of Judy Collins.
I attended her concert at
Philadelphia's Academy of Music.
Dropped off by my parents,
and on my own.
At the end of the show,
I insinuated myself into
the wings of the stage.
Just a kid, everyone
must have assumed that
I was SOMEONE's kid, but
certainly no threat. A Different time.
I found myself in her dressing room.
Just her and me. She in her bare feet.
Children and old ladies
may go anywhere!
We talked. She was charmed.
I left. She let the entourage in.

That evening reinforced an
important life lesson to me:
Act like you belong.
Don't gawk like a civilian.
And you can
Go Anywhere!
Cloudia

Monday, December 16, 2024

Breathe, Reign and Recreate

 Aloha from Honolulu
 Living is the art of
getting used to what
we didn’t expect.
Eleanor C. Wood





I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me — the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politics. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That, I believe, is the reason for every work of art.
Anais Nin 




Shy Santa
Connections can last
for a second
or a lifetime.
Risk It!





No one is ordinary
because every person 
carries the wisdom of 
their own unique path.
              Mehmet Murat ildan






One can pay back the 
loan of gold, but 
one dies forever 
in debt to those 
who are kind.
              Malayan Proverb

𐩘𐩘𐩘𐩘𐩘𐩘𐩘𐩘𐩘

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

𐩕




Sunday, December 15, 2024

The Affordable Self

 ALOHA From Honolulu!

The beautiful Moon is
an antidepressant.
Love for her light is
in every heart because
she is so friendly, loving,
and forgiving.
Debasish Mridha





The scariest demons
Of darkest night
Fade in the graces of
Morning's good light.
Cloudia Charters





There are ups and downs,
but whatever happens,
you have to trust and
believe in yourself.
Luka Modric



Medicinal Legal in Hawaii

 Why use up the forests,
which were centuries
in the making... if we can
get the equivalent of forest
and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields? 
   Henry Ford



Affordable Self-care:
Set more realistic expectations
about how long things
take to get done.
Dr. Jenn Hardy


ᣥᣥᣥᣥᣥᣥᣥᣥᣥᣥ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia