Good To Have A Past

 A L O H A  from

H O N O L U L U

In the islands

Where sunsets glow,

Aloha whispers secrets, 

In the Trade Winds 

that blow.

Gentle reminders

To just "Let be"

To value peace and 

Respect harmony.

    Cloudia Charters 

Angels are the 

companions who 

walk beside us, 

offering comfort and 

solace during our 

darkest hours.

     Mitch Albom 

One thing I have  learned 

enjoying birds is that 

they all fly differently, 

they all look different in flight, 

they have differently

 shaped wings

But they are 

all flying!

Life is what happens 

while you're 

making other plans.

John Lennon

The future is murky.

 I Guess it's good 

to have a past.

Paul Newman

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Pixie & Cloudia

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A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

I realized that I don’t have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life. Kerry Washington

A single poem, alone

can turn tides

scatter galaxies

and burst forth with rivers

from paradise.

   Sanober Khan

 By being yourself

you put something wonderful

in the world that was

not there before.

Edwin Elliot

We must not wish

for the disappearance

of our troubles but

the grace to transform them.

Simone Weil

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Wisdom 

cannot be rushed

Rabindranath Tagore

As Much As Anyone

 A L O H A From  

H O N O L U L U

Stars don’t beg the 

world for attention; 

their beauty forces 

us to look up.

    Matshona Dhliwayo

If you cannot see the rainbow 

because your face is down, 

don't argue that no 

rainbow is up there. 

                     Israelmore Ayivor

Continue to do good, and 

heaven will come down to you. 

  Hawaiian Proverb

You yourself, as much as anybody 

in the entire universe, 

deserve your love & affection. 

                      Buddha

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 A  L  O  H  A !

Keep true

 to the dreams 

of your youth. 

Friedrich von Schiller

My formula for living 

is quite simple. I get up 

in the morning 

and I go to bed 

at night. In between, 

I occupy myself 

as best I can. 

Cary Grant 

No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris . Beginning with the market - 

Marc Chagall

If I close my eyes,

 you are still there.

There is more to our friendship

 than what can be seen

or touched.

Pixie

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*Blueprints at Ninety

 A L O H A from

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Frank Lloyd Wright completed 1/3 of his life's work between the ages of 80 and 92.

At eighty

some might rest,  

count the hours 

in the sun,  

fold the years 

like paper.  

But you unrolled 

new plans—  

lines singing 

across the page,  

angles reaching 

for the sky.  

Your hands, still 

steady with wonder,  

sketched houses that breathed  

with light and openness,  

museums that spiraled  

like galaxies caught mid-turn.  

One-third of 

a lifetime’s vision  

born in the 

supposed afterglow.  

You proved what time 

forgets to tell us:  

that age can be 

an opening,  

wide as a 

new doorway,  

and creativity a river  

that refuses to dry.  

Even at ninety,  

you were still 

building tomorrows! 

Cloudia Charters

Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora), 

also known as Java Rice Bird 

or Java Temple Bird.

A bird came tapping on the sill,

The morning air was soft and still.

But kitty dreamed in curled-up grace,

Sunlight painting her whiskered face.

We gave the bird a sip to stay,

It sang, then quickly flew away—

And kitty, stretching, gave a sigh,

Never knowing it fluttered by!

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 A  L  O  H  A
from 
Honolulu

How lovely are the portals

of the night, when stars

come out to watch

the daylight die.

Thomas Cole

   A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that’s as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.

                                       Eoin Colfer                                                             

                

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Photography is

a love affair

with life.

Burk Uzzle

Beyond

the edge of sorrow Awaits

another tomorrow. Soft dawn finds

the quiet night, Filling shadows

with hopeful light. Steps may falter,

hearts may ache, Yet morning comes

and sleepers wake. So hold this promise,

deep and true New days bloom,

and so can you. Cloudia Charters

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A street photograph is 

a snapshot of life, capturing 

a fleeting moment in the 

hustle and bustle of the world.

 Henri Cartier-Bresson

Normal Days

 A L O H A  From
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Oh, heart, why can't you

learn that there is nothing

to do in the world

except live in it?

Kerry Hardie

Never wish them pain.

That's not who you are.

If they cause you pain,

they must have pain inside...

...Wish them healing.

That's what they need

    Najwa Zebian

A laugh is a smile

that bursts.

Mary H. Waldrip

Tell the negative committee

that meets inside your head

to sit down and shut up.

    Ann Bradford

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Most of life is normal days,

so to be in love with them

is to be in love with life.

 Donna Britt