Those Clouds

"Those clouds are angels' robes.--
That fiery west
Is paved with smiling faces."
~ Charles Kingsley

Waken the World

"Every blessed day I waken the world."~ Philip Levine

New Life

Easter Sunday

"Easter spells out beauty,
the rare beauty of new life."
~S.D. Gordon

What You Can Do

"Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
Think of what you can do with what there is."
~ Ernest Hemingway

Concentration

"Concentration is my motto.
First honesty, then industry,
then concentration."
~ Andrew Carnegie

I Know

"It is not that I think or believe,
but that I know."
~ Arthur Conan Doyle

Enternity's Sunrise

"He who kisses the the joy as it flies.
Lives in Eternity’s sunrise."
~ William Blake

Say "I Love You"

"Say 'I love you' to those you love.
The eternal silence is long enough
to be silent in, and that awaits us all."
~ George Eliot

Give Birth

"Our main task is to give
birth to ourselves."
~ Erich Fromm

Verb

"Love is a verb."
~ Clare Boothe Luce

Truly Great People

Greenville, South Carolina

"Truly great people emit a light
that warms the hearts of those
around them."
~ Yoshimoto Banana

Gift of Quiet

"He has the gift of quiet."
~ John Le Carré

Position of the Artist

"The position of the artist is humble.
He is essentially a channel."
~ Piet Mondrian

Gentle Progression

"Life was never meant to be a struggle
just a gentle progression
from one point to another,
much like walking through a valley
on a sunny day."
~ Stuart Wilde

Compact of Fire

"Love is a spirit all compact of fire. "
~ William Shakespeare

Bleach the Snow

"Sunshine cannot bleach the snow,
Nor time unmake what poets know.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

falling white confetti
sticking to trees
branches glistening
bright sun
fresh air earth
covered with
clean magic

I woke up to a beautiful winter Wonderland as Asheville received about 3 inches of snow. For a Hawaiian born and raised like me, snow is a BIG thrill. And a reason to email family and stay indoors.

Can't Depend on Your Eyes

"You can't depend on your eyes
when your imagination is out of focus."
~ Mark Twain

Time to Relax

"The time to relax is when
you don’t have time for it."
~ Sydney J. Harris

A Good Heart

"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world."
~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Home

The Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

"There's no other place that I'd rather be
than home in these islands
in the middle of the sea."
~ Henry Kapono Ka'aihue

Yes or Yes?

"True or true? Yes or yes?"
~ Mark Victor Hansen

Fill the Hour

"To fill the hour--that is happiness."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

New-Born Year

"Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer."
~Walter Scott

Magnitude of Our Courage

"It's not the magnitude of the task that matters,
it's the magnitude of our courage."
~ Matthieu Ricard

Best Day of the Year

"Write on your heart that every day
is the best day of the year."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

High Trees

"You know what they say,
the high trees get the wind."
~ Lance Armstrong

All Events Are Blessings

"There are no mistakes,
no coincidences.
All events are blessings given to us
to learn from."
~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Travel Hopefully

"To travel hopefully is a better thing
than to arrive."
~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Dog Wags

"A dog wags its tail with its heart."
~ Martin Buxbaum

Freely Accepted

"There is dignity in work only when
it is work freely accepted."
~ Albert Camus

Imperfect Men

"I never expect to see
a perfect work from imperfect men."
~ Alexander Hamilton

Untaught Ability

"Instinct is untaught ability."
~ Alexander Bain

Do It Big

"Do it big or stay in bed."
~ Larry Kelly

Forever Is

"Forever is composed of nows."
~ Emily Dickinson

At Least Entertaining

Outside Washington D.C.

“Most of what you come to Washington to see is inspirational or at least entertaining.” ~~Jim Yenckel

Special Work of Art

"Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives."
~ Joni Eareckson Tada

Turns of the Earth

"Celebrate each season, for you, too, are transformed with the turns of the earth." ~ Arthur Dobrin

Heroes or Cowards

"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men."
~ Bishop Westcott

Damned Fool

St. Louis, Missouri

"If you send a damned fool
to St. Louis,
and you don't tell them
he's a damned fool,
they'll never find out."~ Mark Twain

Do Things Well

"If you do things well,
do them better.
Be daring, be first,
be different, be just."
~ Anita Roddick

Everyday and Extraordinary Things

"Tell us the details...Pay tribute to all the everyday
and extraordinary things."
~ Natalie Goldberg

Full of Surprises

Sunset, Detroit

"Life is full of surprises, isn't it?"
~ Charlton Heston

With Fervent Lips

Long Wharf, Boston

"Give thanks to God with fervent lips,
Give thanks to God to-day..."
~ Hezekiah Butterworth

Good Day

"Every day is a good day."
~ Yun-Men

Quality of the Day

"To affect the quality of the day
is the highest of all arts."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Prepared Mind

"Chance favors the prepared mind."
~ Louis Pasteur

What You Should Do

"I've often thought
when something is hard for you,
whether it's going law school
or anything else that challenges you,
that's probably what you should do."
~ Hillary Rodham Clinton

Awe

"Awe is what moves us forward."
~ Joseph Campbell

Making Something

"Creativity is simply
the energy of making something
where there was nothing before.
We do this every day,
in so many unmarked ways."
~ Fran Sorin