Simply Interesting

A  L  O  H  A !

" To make anything interesting

you simply have to

look at it long enough. "

                                      Flaubert

" Inside every old person

is a young person

wondering 

what happened. "

                              Terry Patchett

" I've always considered it

a type of sin

against the vast

and wondrous 

panorama of life -

- to make your world

small, shrink-fitted

to convenience,

immunized against

change and unfamiliarity. "

                                    Bob Shacochis

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Thank YOU!

                   Fondly, cloudia

Sky Watch

A  L  O  H  A !

" If the only prayer

 you ever say 

in your whole life 

is "thank you,"

 that would suffice. " 

             Meister Eckhart

Linking to

Sky Watch

Thanks!

Kill Them

With Kindness

A  L  O  H  A !

Putting yourself 

first

doesn't mean

putting others

last.

" If you’re not the 

hero of your own novel, 

then what kind 

of novel is it? 

You need to do 

some heavy editing.”

                          Terence McKenna

" A gentle answer 

turns away wrath, 

But a harsh word 

stirs up anger. "

                      Proverbs 15

Linking to

Good Fences

You cannot kill nastiness

with kindness

unless you

really ARE kind.

No one wants

to be corrected,

or instructed

by a stranger.

But most people

are calmed

by gentleness

and restraint.

Why escalate

a trivial slight

into serious trouble?

Because when you do

stand up to someone

you have to be prepared

for whatever they bring.

Like war:

use only when

Absolutely Necessary!

I can have

a shockingly

short fuse.

That's why I

write these things.

How about 

YOU?

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Thank You!

                        Love,   cloudia

So Soar and Sparkle

A  L  O  H  A !

Our lives are rainbows

in reverse

footed in Heaven

passing through Earth.

Our colors and flavors

deepen as we arch

through plenty and longing,

oasis and parch.

So soar and sparkle

in your sun:

Unique, You

0ne and 0nly

Like every  

other 0ne.

Thank YOU

for Sparkling

here!

                   Warmly, cloudia

Indian Myna

A  L  O  H  A !

" Faith is the bird 

that feels the light 

when the dawn 

is still dark. "

                      Rabindranath Tagore

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday 

Thank YOU!

                                   cloudia

Don't Fall Too Soon

A  L  O  H  A !

“ Loss is nothing

else but change, 

 and change is 

Nature's delight.”

                 Marcus Aurelius

" Don't fall

 before 

you're pushed. "

                     English Proverb

"Some people 

go to priests; 

others to poetry;

 I to my friends"  

                     Virginia Woolf

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Thank You!

               fondly, cloudia

We Do Not Believe

A  L  O  H  A !

“ We do not believe

 in ourselves -

- until someone reveals

 that deep inside us 

something is valuable,

 worth listening to, -

- worthy of our trust, 

sacred to our touch. 

Once we believe 

in ourselves -

- we can risk curiosity,

 wonder, spontaneous delight 

or any experience -

- that reveals 

the human spirit.”

                   e. e. Cummings

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Thank You

for sharing

Your Spirit!

                Fondly, cloudia

Hawaii Voyaging Mural

A  L  O  H  A !

Setting Out on the Voyage

Friendly Dolphins

Arriving in the Land of Fire - HAWAII

Mural  Entire

Hawaii Convention Center

Honolulu

Linking to

Monday Murals

Thank YOU

for voyaging by!

                    Fondly, cloudia

Morsel in the Glen

A  L  O  H  A !

" Anyone who keeps 

learning stays young.

The greatest thing in life

 is to keep your

 mind young.

                          Henry Ford

Pa`u Rider

" Most of us remain 

strangers to ourselves, 

hiding who we are,

and ask other strangers, 

hiding who they are,

 to love us ... "

                Dr. Leo Buscaglia

" The supreme accomplishment 

is to blur the line 

between work and play. "

                 Arnold Toynbee

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I love how we

put out our sharing

every day

like seed for the birds,

then YOU arrive

making it all

M A G I C!

Thank YOU

for being a

F R I E N D

                                   cloudia

Delight

A  L  O  H  A !

“ Few delights can equal 

the mere presence of

 one whom we 

trust utterly. ”

                  George MacDonald

Bath Time

"All things great 

are wound up with

 all things little." 

              L.M. Montgomery

"  There is fun 

wherever your

heart lives.” 

                    Criss Jami

Linking to

Saturday Critters

&

Camera Critters

Thank YOU!

            Warmly, cloudia

Your Perfect Place

A  L  O  H  A !

" If I have learnt anything, 

it is that life forms

 no logical patterns. -

- It is haphazard and 

full of beauties which

 I try to catch

 as they fly by,

 for who knows

 whether any of them 

will ever return? "

                        Margot Fonteyn

I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise

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Is there a 

Perfect Place to live?

That would differ 

for different folks.

A Laplander or Inuit

might hate jungles,

while a jungle woman

would freeze

in their world.

Do you love mountains?

Lakes? Deserts? 

The Sea?

The town of your birth,

or a place made 

just your own

far, far Away?

Town? Country?

Condo or ranch?

Do we need

People like us?

or perhaps a

foreign land?

For some a tiny

uninhabited isle

would be just

perfect,

Perfectly Grand!

Name one thing

you love

about Your Home;

[And one you hate,

IF you dare.]

I'll start us off:

"Hawaii's uniqueness

&

Hawaii's uniqueness"

[for good and less-good]

Now YOUr turn!

                            Fondly, cloudia