Friday, April 26, 2024

The Practice

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The practice of staying present
will heal you. Obsessing about
how the future will turn out
creates anxiety. Replaying broken
scenarios from the past
causes anger or sadness.
Stay here, in the moment.
Sylvester McNutt III



Worry is the most ancient scam. It steals everything while
giving nothing. It is an illusion
and a trick enslaving our joy
and wasting our hours.

Break the optical illusion.
Be here and now.
Look around you.
Worry is mental slavery.

Shift your view. Remind yourself
to take your freedom. 
Do it every day!
  Cloudia Charters


The secret to living well
and longer is: eat half,
walk double, laugh triple
and love without measure. Tibetan Proverb


Peace cannot be kept by force; It can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein


 A smile is the
light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. Denis Waitley

𑁢𑁢𑁢𑁢𑁢𑁢𑁢

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Blossoming Invincible

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Sometimes it is dark.
But the sun is faithful. Jan Denise


Lei Makers

E lei kau, e lei ho`oilo i ke aloha 

Love is worn like a Lei 
through the seasons.
Hawaiian Proverb





Cultivate love and kindness
in a child to sow the
seeds of compassion.
And only then you will build
a great civilization, a great nation.
    JJ Heller



Light-Bearing Hibiscus

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Within the stillness
where storms subside
A quiet strength
And steady spirit lies.

This inner power
like a deep well soothes
Centers, grounds you
Fountain of youth.

Wellspring of wisdom 
Beyond time and space.
Becomes more familiar
than a well-loved face. -




- From this calm center
roots must spread,
Silent language teaching
Anxieties are shed.

The world around you
Runs on stress and strife,
But in your self you harbor
Invincible blossoming life.
 
          Cloudia Charters 


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

These and Those

A L O H A From Honolulu!
The deepest sin
against the human mind is to
believe things without evidence
Thomas H Huxley,
also attributed to Aldous Huxley *



 We ourselves feel 
that what we are doing
is just a drop in the ocean.
 But the ocean would be less 
because of that missing drop.
   Mother Teresa





Today is a good day to boss up
and change your situation.
Germany Kent 




And then my heart
with pleasure fills,
And dances
with the daffodils.
   William Wordsworth

[ When daffodils
are not in view
a garden rose
will also do! 
Pixie ]





This worldly life is like a shadow.
If you try to catch it, you
will never be able to do so.
If you turn your back towards it,
it has no choice but to follow you. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya


Side-by-side Our bond can't be bought Understanding souls Share a truth dearly sought. These the irreplaceable Those we hold ever tight True friends 0ur second solace Creatures of the light. Cloudia Charters 


Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

 







*Aldous Huxley was a grandson of the prominent biologist Thomas Henry Huxley and was the third child of the biographer and man of letters Leonard Huxley; his brothers included physiologist Andrew Fielding Huxley and biologist Julian Huxley.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Rehabilitation of Humility

A L O H A From Honolulu!


If your heart is not broad
enough to care for everyone
in a conflict, then you
are not yet a peacemaker.

Thank you for caring.
But don't stop growing
your understanding compassion!
      Cloudia Charters 








In my youth, a wondrous sight,
Signs that flickered, day and night:
"Dancing Nightly!" bold and bright,
A mystery that filled me with delight!


When I was a child
It was common to see signs:
Dancing Nightly.

I was too young to go inside
these adult places after bedtime
to see the ubiquitous beings.

They must be BIG, I mused,
and something to see,
especially when they danced!

Did they also do tricks?
Tell Jokes? or did they just dance?
Over the years, their numbers
dwindled. I never see
their signs anymore.

So here's to the vanished breed:
The Dancing Nightly.
They are surely missed.



The wise one is dedicated
to not harming people-
even evil people. When no one hurts another, All will eventually
return to the good. Tao Te Ching,
Chapter 60   Translated by John R. Mabry



Snap judgments
— about people or ideas —
are fueled by arrogance and conceit.
They create blind spots
and missed opportunities.
Good ideas and interesting ways to
accomplish goals in public life
exist all over the place if you
have the will, the curiosity, and
the humility to find them.
  Charlie Baker 

࿂ ࿃ ꩜
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia




I asked META's Artificial Intelligence
 to generate an image for me
with this prompt:
"A happy calico cat under a palm tree"
Pretty Nice I Think!
What do YOU think?

Monday, April 22, 2024

Awakening

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The ground was hard
And skies were gray,
Through lingering storms
Despair held sway.
But hope the seed
Safe within
Begins to sprout
Awakened again! -



- Tiny green shoots
Fresh and bright,
A promise revealed
At dawn's first light.
Shadows linger
Fainter and fewer
Lucky hints murmur
richer and truer. -


- Solutions will bloom
And a helping hand,
Goodness returning
Across our land.
Cloudia Charters




The people who matter
will recognize
who you are.
Alan Cohen


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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

And Join Me Here

A L O H A From Honolulu!


It ain't what you don't know
that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure
that just ain't so.
    Mark Twain






Good folks flow
a silent stream,
Nurturing life
With simple dreams.

They build, they mend,
with purpose strong,
The land they love, 
where they belong -



Loud voices rise,
a tempest's call,
But division's path
will only stall.

The troubled few,
with shouts and cries,
Divide and disrupt as
Their kindness dies -




- But let them splinter,
Let them fray,
Love to the neighbor
Will find a way!

For peace is built
where kindness stays.
     Cloudia Charters



Be at peace.
Breathe deeply and relax,
Let go of all your worries.

Feel the stillness all around
Find your grace
And join me here,
Where peace and love
Are always near.
Pixie
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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


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