Thursday, December 11, 2025

The Light That Refused

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
You are not the darkness
you endured. You are
the light that
refused to surrender.
 John Mark Green







Schlumbergera flower
Earth laughs 
in flowers.
   Ralph Waldo Emerson







Open the bloom
of your heart and become
a gift of beauty to the world.
   Bryant McGill

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If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day. Julianna Margulies


Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Even The Awkward

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
You know who's going
through a lot right now?
Literally everybody!
Be kind.
The Story Is Not Done.
Hang in there.


I’ve made it to 100,
in no small part, because
I have stubbornly refused
to give in to the bad stuff
about aging. Instead, I have
been in a full-on bear hug
with the experience of living. Dick Van Dyke (Almost) 100 Still Having Fun
We do not know this lady's age
but doesn't she look strong!!?


Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th is always observed in Honolulu in a big way.
(Photos from this year's parade.) This year is the first time there were no survivors of the attack in town.
Every year I have watched them grow older.  Every year there were fewer and fewer, but the fuss we made over them was bigger and bigger.
Only 12 survivors are alive today on the 84th anniversary of the attack. 
None able to travel.

Veterans of WWII 
were present and honored.
They are responsible
for the life we have enjoyed.
More on the parade tomorrow.





You do not guide the river; 
you learn its music and 
let it carry you.
Trust that every step, 
even the awkward ones, 
is teaching your soul 
a new kind of dance.
The map you need is being 
drawn by your footsteps.
 Jeff Brown, 
Canadian author 








Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Your Attitude While Doing It

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Satisfaction comes not 
from chasing bigger 
and bigger things, but 
paying attention to 
smaller and smaller things.
Arthur C. Brooks





You Friends Are
My Handful of Light

In the challenge
of this season,
You are the handful
Of grace.

Not fixing
What cannot be fixed,
But being steady, true,
And near.

You show up
You listen,
Faithful 
When I feel unsure.

You catch me
Without question.
In this time
When everything shifts.

You are the ground 
beneath my feet.
Simple kindness. 
Presence constantly felt.
This is everything.

I see you. 
I thank you.
I know my luck.
You know who you are. 
Cloudia Charters 





Your first 10,000 photographs 
are your worst.
Henri Cartier-Bresson


There are no bad pictures; 
that's just how your 
face looks sometimes.
Abraham Lincoln





Success is not only 
measured by 
what you accomplish, 
its measured by your 
attitude while doing it.
 Joseph Meyering Sr



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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Stop worrying. 
Life already knows 
what it's doing.

Monday, December 8, 2025

Once Hearts Are Linked

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Once hearts are linked
In a real relationship
They can never be
As they were
Before meeting.
They grow closer
Forever.
     Cloudia Charters




 As long as you live, 
keep learning 
how to live.
     Seneca



Our Home 1992-2012
The human heart
is as a frail craft
on which we wish
to reach the stars. Giotto di Bondone


Kindness, resilience 
and the quiet courage 
to lift others up,
form the gentle rhythm 
that carries a life well lived.
                                         Roentare




Take pleasure in 
your dreams; 
relish your principles 
and drape your 
purest feelings on the 
heart of a precious lover.
    Giotto di Bondone

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie





Sunday, December 7, 2025

One Small Difference

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Joseph Campbell


What if I accept that all
I really want is a small,
slow, simple life. 
A beautiful quiet, gentle life.
I think it is enough.
Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui






 I have never been 
especially impressed
 by the heroics of people
 who are convinced they are 
about to change the world. 

I am more awed by those 
who struggle to make
 one small difference 
after another. 
  Ellen Goodman





Let no feeling
of discouragement
prey upon you, and
in the end you are
sure to succeed.
Abraham Lincoln 

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


Linking To

Monday Murals

He boldly rides
The cement stair
His board’s a dream, 
He's catching air!

 His waves may be 
As hard as stone,
Yet somehow still,
He’s in the zone!

Away from the sea, 
But all is well
He drops, he glides
The world’s his swell!
Pixie

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Even The Frail

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Super Moon 4 December 2025
Being a super-person
isn't about flying
or lifting cars; it's
about being super-present.
That's the one superpower
every heart can learn.
Mark Manson




When the road bends 
and the map is useless, 
a faithful companion
is the landmark 
your heart remembers.



 Real love
recognizes that life
unfolds at its own pace. 
   Sharon Salzberg


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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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The bee is a small, 
shining vow that 
even the frail can 
carry whole forests 
on their backs.
Naomi Shihab Nye










Friday, December 5, 2025

Three Little Rules

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Bubbles huddle On liquid skies, Tiny worlds In bright disguise. Floating lightly On mirrored dreams, Whispered secrets In their gleams. Cloudia Charters



Perfect imperfections are what the World sees as flaws in you but not realizing those very elements are what define your unique authenticity.
Richard Mwebesa





 
Hong Kong  Orchid  Tree    Link
You make your life hard
by always being
in your head.
Life is simple,
get out of your head
and get into the moment.
Sylvester  McNutt




I follow three rules:
Do the right thing,
do the best you can, and
always show people you care. 
     Lou Holtz

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia
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