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Tostada with cheddar, feta, parmigiana, mango salsa, asparagus, kalua pork, avocado, basil! What are you having today?

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Happy Aloha Friday!

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There are only two major paths by which the human soul comes to God: the path of great love, and the one of great suffering. Both finally come down to great suffering—because if we love anything greatly, we will eventually suffer for it. - Richard Rohr

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“If a man is convinced he's safe only as long as he uses his power to give others a sense of insecurity, then the measure of their security is in his hands. If security or insecurity is at the mercy of a single individual, control of behavior becomes routine. All imperialism functions in this way.”

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I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life. - Hildegard of Bingen

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God meant things to be much easier than we have made them. -Dorothy Day

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My happy place is on the water.

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This sounds about right for the size of my to be read pile. #booksky #reading #books #readingcommunity

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Spot the gecko?

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Happy Aloha Friday!

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My three Valentines!

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Restaurant style roasted bone in pork chop with maple-balsamic sauce, roasted apples and mashed potatoes! One of my favorite dishes.

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Beautiful day on the water with friends plus 2 honu (Hawaiian green turtle) sightings.

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This is pure grace - to be alive, relatively healthy, awake to the beauty of people and nature, grateful for life itself.

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I am filled with awe at Love whose only condition is to be received. - JOY CROWLEY, Writer and poet

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Another beautiful day off Waimanalo!

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Farmers Market in Kailua today!

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Grief is its own language. It is a language to make sense of a world, a home, a person that no longer exists. - Brittney Cooper

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(2 of 2) …”What is most important is not to let your anxiety about what happens in the world to fill your heart. If your heart is filled with anxiety, you will get sick, and you will not be able to help.” - Thich Nhat Hahn

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(1 of 2) Someone asked me, “Aren't you worried about the state of the world?" I allowed myself to breathe and then I said…

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We need the tonic of wildness. - Henry David Thoreau

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Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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God is calling us lovingly always, if we will only stop the noise within us long enough to hear. - Joan Chittister

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A Prayer (2 of 2) The stars and the sea, the ponds and the trees, the birds and the animals, are my comrades. Though my muscles may stiffen, though my skin may wrinkle, may I never find myself yawning at life. - Toyohiko Kagawa

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A Prayer (1 of 2) I want to be ever a child I want to feel an eternal friendship for the raindrops, the flowers, the insects, the snowflakes. I want to be keenly interested in everything, with mind and muscle ever alert, forgetting my troubles in the next moment…

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If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. - Vincent Van Gogh

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Art thou in the darkness? Mind it not, for if thou dost it will feed thee more. But stand still, and act not, and wait in patience, till light arises out of darkness and leads thee. - James Naylor

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I Am I am who I am. I am Love. I am Beauty. I am with creation. I am a refuge. I am a still small voice. I am a mother hen gathering her chicks. I am a cloud by day and a fire by night. I am with you always. - Michele Shields

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Waterfalls across the street from our house.

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In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that’s a whole different thing. — Lucille Clifton Query: Who does the universe ask you to be now?

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(2 of 2)…I believe that the choices we make in following the leadings of the Spirit, 'the promptings of Love and Truth in our hearts', are the most significant in determining who we are at the moment and who we may become. - Richard Knottenbelt, Zimbabwe Quaker

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(1 of 2) We become ourselves as we respond to our surroundings, ideas, culture and people we live with. That involves choosing....

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Just finished this wonderful book about Christiane Ritter, who lives in the Arctic for a year. She falls in love with nature there and learns what is truly important in life. True story! Beautifully written!

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Honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day🙏

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. — Abraham Lincoln

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Since he's been in office (less than a week): egg prices up, gas prices up, Nazi salutes up

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The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal, and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered…you will never be the same. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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