In the Mood

"I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky."

~ Virginia Woolf

The Value of Doing Nothing

"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, 

of just going along, 

listening to all the things you can't hear, 

and not bothering."

~ A. A. Milne

New Hopes of Heaven

"New perils past, new sins forgiven, 

New thoughts of God, 

new hopes of heaven."

~ John Keble

Birmingham, Alabama

While the Sun Still Shines

Honolulu, Hawaii

Oi kau ka lau, e hana i ola honua 

"Live your life while the sun still shines."

~ Hawaiian Proverb

Live In Joy

From Ala Moana Hotel

“We cannot cure the world of sorrows, 

but we can choose to live in joy.”

~ Joseph Campbell

Memories and Magic

Waikiki Beach

"Memories and magic can happen at any moment."

~ Valerie Fraser Luesse

Writing In Truth

"What you are writing in truth-- that is good."

~ Levon Ohai

Find Ecstasy

"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough."

~ Emily Dickinson

The Mystery Is There

"Each time dawn appears, 

the mystery is there in its entirety."

~ René Daumal

This morning I had company watching the sunrise. A trio of deer right off the back deck. They froze as I snapped and I think they were actually more interested in me than the sun.

Stirred By the Wind

"What lay still in the calm is stirred by the wind."

~ Henry P. Judd

No Benefit In Worrying Whatsoever

"If a problem is not fixable, 

then there is no help in worrying. 

There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever."

The Dalai Lama 

Have Patience With Yourself

"Have patience with all things,
but chiefly have patience with yourself.
Do not lose courage in considering
your own imperfections
but instantly set about remedying them -
every day begin the task anew."

~ St. Francis de Sales

Which One to Surf

"Feelings are much like waves, 

we can't stop them from coming 

but we can choose which one to surf."

~ Jonatan Mårtensson 

To Change Others' Minds

"The way to change others’ minds
is with affection, and not anger."

~ The Dalai Lama

Loving Someone Deeply

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, 

while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

 ~ Lao Tzu 

We don't always understand life, but we do understand love.

From Pain to Change

"Passion is the bridge 

that takes you from pain to change."

~ Frida Kahlo

Tolerance and Compassion

Happy Birthday, Christy!

"If you have tolerance and compassion, 

you can go to the battle, 

in the metaphoric sense of course, 

fighting for your dreams without harming anyone."

~ Paulo Coelho

Happy Is The Son

Happy Birthday, Richard

"Happy is the son whose faith in his mother 

remains unchallenged."

~ Louisa May Alcott

Grain By Grain

"Grain by grain, a loaf... stone by stone, a palace."

~ George Bernard Shaw

The Years Teach Much

"The years teach much which the days never knew."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Aloha Sunrise with Rick