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A  L  O  H  A !

The year end brings no greater pleasure 

then the opportunity to express to you 

season's greetings and good wishes. 

May your holidays and new year 

be filled with joy.     

   Charles Dickens

Live vertically, not horizontally.

       Shannon L. Alder

Rise to the occasion which is life!

Virginia Euwer Wolff 

Hope smiles from the threshold 

of the year to come, 

Whispering 'it will be happier.

           Alfred Lord Tennyson

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A year of ending and beginning, 

a year of loss and finding 

and all of you were with me 

through the storm. 

I drink your health, 

your wealth, your fortune 

for long years to come, 

and I hope for many more days 

in which we can gather like this.     

          C.J. Cherryh

From the bottom of my heart,

                              your friend, cloudia

Years

A  L  O  H  A !

Hilton Rainbow Tower, 1968,

world's largest, tallest 

ceramic tile mosaic. Link

If a rainbow makes a sound, 

or a flower as it grows, that 

was the sound of her laughter.

       William P. Young

Kahanamoku Lagoon Link

If we take care of the moments, the 

years will take care of themselves.     

            Maria Edgeworth

For last year's words belong 

to last year's language and 

next year's words 

await another voice. 

And to make an end is 

to make a beginning.     

T.S. Eliot

Linking To

Monday Murals

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To Give Away

A  L  O  H  A !

Dear Optimist, Pessimist and Realist:

While you guys were arguing about 

whether the glass of water was 

half full or half empty, I drank it.

Sincerely,

         The Opportunist

 It’s been an emotional day, 

even the cake is in tiers.

She sets the tone, 

and where her mind 

and heart goes, her 

home and marriage 

tend to follow.

    Ngina Otiende

"And what of the man?"

Egalitarians ask.

Long-married women smile quietly

H o n o l u l u 

Royal Hawaiian Reflections

Peace is not something you wish for, 

it is something you make, something you are, 

something you do, and 

something you give away.

           Robert Fulghum

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Participants' Journey

A  L  O  H  A !

    Gabby Pahinui link
Speak truly, and each word of thine

Shall be a fruitful seed;

Live truly, and thy life shall be

A great and noble creed.

                     Horatius Bonar

A procession is a participants' journey, 

while a parade is a performance 

with an audience.

          Rebecca Solnit

To hope and dream is not 

to ignore the practical. 

It is to dress it in 

colors and rainbows.

           Anne Wilson Schaef

You attract what you are, 

not what you want. So if 

you want it then reflect it.

     Tony Gaskins

Links:

Saturday Critters

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Sources

A  L  O  H  A !

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, 

but sometimes your smile can be 

the source of your joy.

         Thich Nhat Hanh

If you just want to make it through the day, 

that's what you get. You will have the 

satisfaction of just making it through your day. 

But if you dare to muse on more, 

more will find a way to you.

Souls love. That’s what souls do. 

Egos don’t, but souls do. 

Become a soul, look around, 

and you’ll be amazed-

all the beings around you 

are souls. Be one, see one. 

It’s one energy.

       Ram Dass

Linking to:

Skywatch

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View From 254 Miles High

A  L  O  H  A !

I like this spot in Waikiki and photo it a lot.

"I take my time. I want to be

myself. I don't deny myself in

the here and now. 

This is our

practice-we call it aimless-

ness. We don't put a goal in

front of ourselves and run after

it constantly. If we do, we'll be

running all our life and never

be happy. 

Happiness is possible

only when you stop running
and cherish the present
moment and who you are. Who
you are is already a wonder; you
don't need to be someone else.

You are a wonder of life."

            Thich Naht Hanh

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Promised View from 254 miles high:

Waikiki Wows and Walk

A  L  O  H  A !

Click On Photo To Activate the 'vast'

Look at the stars. It won't fix the economy. 

It won't stop wars. It won't give you flat abs, or 

even help you figure out your relationship. 

But it's important. It helps you to remember that 

you and your problems are both infinitesimally small 

and conversely, that you are a piece of 

an amazing and vast universe.

                   Kate Bartolotta

To me sometimes a mute sky 

is more expressive than 

the roaring sea.

           Munia Khan

In the inconceivably vast and humbling 

unknown called "everything", is 

a supreme inter-communication 

called, spirituality.

       Bryant McGill

Click Photo to See Dogs!

Find the love you seek, by first 

finding the love within yourself. 

Learn to rest in that place within you.

That is your true home.

   Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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"Love One Another"

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Last California Christmas

A  L  O  H  A !

Last Christmas:  Bare Trees Before Winter Skies

We're all just walking each other home.

Ram Das 

San Francisco Bay Rainbows allude to Hawaii 

far across the hills, valleys & sea

The quieter you become, 

the more you can hear.

   Ram Das

 Marin Hills Sundown

"I am the Spirit's janitor.... 

all I do is wipe the windows a bit, 

so you can see out for yourself."

                        Godfrey Chips - Lakota

Barman Blur @ San Rafael Joe's    Link

Here's To YOU

and to all we share!

To Your Health!

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Links

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday

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Sunbathing at the Rainbow

A  L  O  H  A !

 Sunbathing at the Rainbow Tower 

(World's largest tile mural)

Link

The mind is its own place, and 

in itself can make a heaven of hell, 

a hell of heaven.  

    John Milton

 Gratitude

Dissolves fear.

A smile

Thins the veil

Between Heaven & Earth,

Between souls.

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Mele Kalikimaka!

Reveal Release ReBoot

A  L  O  H  A !

חנוכה סמיץ

Hanukkah Sameach! 

Happy Hanukkah!

The Festival of Lights reminds us,
that even in dark times,
light can miraculously overcome.

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Merry Christmas Week!

Let us share the gifts
of familial love
with all.

 We are so accustomed to 

disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, 

we become disguised to ourselves.

             François de La Rochefoucauld 

You pass people on the street, 

some are for you, some are not.

 Robert Henri

Who is the person walking in front of you 

on the rain-drenched sidewalk?

He is covered with an umbrella, 

and all you can see is a dark coat and 

the shoes striking the puddles.

And yet this person is the 

hero of his own life story.

He is the love of someone’s life.

And what he can do may change the world.

Imagine being him for a moment.

And then continue on your own way.

                Vera Nazarian

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