Mistakes

When we resist our fate we suffer, when we accept it we are happy. We have time in abundance and eternity to repeat our mistakes but we need only once to correct our mistake and alas hear the song of enlightenment with which to break the chain of vengeance.

-Phung Thi Le Ly Hayslip on Karma

Be Simple.

"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."
Walt Whitman

At Miami Orchids farm.

A glass half full

There's something to be said about a glass half full. About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line. A barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual. And depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless. And all we want, is more.

At Miami

Dreaming go over that side

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

At Miami

Frugally

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

At Miami - Venetian way

Build confidence and destroy fear

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.
put the action principle to work, next time you experience big fear or little fear, steady yourself. then seach for an answer to this question : what kind of action can take to conquer my fear?

The Magic of Thinking Big - David Schwartz

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life is short, live faster live crazy live fun.

At Yokohama

Think about who you ought to be

If you could snap your fingers and change anything about yourself and your life, what would you change? did you ask for riches and fame? or did you ask for industriousness, caring and honesty?

The more you direct yourself toward a fantasy life, the less satisfied you will be with who you are and the more frustrated you will become as you fail to attain the fantasy. The more you direct yourself toward a better, more fulfilling life, the more youcan actually lead a better, more fulfilling life.

Park Hyatt

You and You

I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope.

- Movie "Milk"

At Omotesando

Time is limited

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Love is a choice you make

No one can make the perfect match of hearts except the people who make the commitment to love one another. Each person person magically finds the half of their soul in someone else's herat. Two people become one when their souls speak to each other and know that together their hearts best as one.

In my Lack

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

At Hills

Happens

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

At Spain

Card

I can't tell you how much I love getting card from you, and how much happiness it brings to my day. I miss you more than you can imagine...

It's a strength

If there's a crisis, you don't freeze, you move forward. You get the rest of us to move forward. Because you've seen worse. You've survived worse, and you know we'll survive too. You say you're all dark and twisty. It's not a flaw, it's a strength. It makes you who you are. I'm not gonna get down on one knee, I'm not gonna ask a question. I love you, and I wanna spend the rest of my life, with you.

The more

The more I'm afraid of something, the more I know I have to do it. I figured that out when I was a kid. I can lead a protected life, hiding away from the scary world. Or, I can take on the things that scare me the most. The more it might hurt, the more I might die doing it... the more worth doing it must be.

At Midtown

FMS - Fear of missing something

I wanna believe for all of the rest of us who are flailing around in this abyss, trying to feel what we're supposed to feel in order to connect in meaningful ways.
I wanna believe that real, true connection among human beings is actually possible and supposedly, marriage connects us, I mean supposedly, it improves our moral fiber and all which begs the question, I mean why do these crazy, creepy, defending-the-family crusaders

At Tokyo

Nice guy syndrome.

#1: He's So Nice, He Can Only Be a Friend

#2: He's So Nice, He's Not Challenging Enough

#3: He's So Nice, He'll Always Be There

#4: He's TOO Nice, You Can't Trust Him

.... I mean.. really?

When I ...

When I'm scared, I micromanage.

When I'm uncertain, I overstate and when I am challenged, I belittle and rush out.

at Spain

at any given moment the brain has 14 billion neurons firing at a speed450 miles per hour.we dont have control over most of them when we get a chill, goose bumps.when we get excited , adrenaline.the body naturally follows its impulses which, I think, is part ofwhat makes it so hard for us to control ours.of course sometimes we have impulses we would rather not control.....that we lather wish be had.
but the body is a slave to its impuleses. the thing that makes ushuman... is what we can control.after the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed.we can cool off and clean up themesses were made.

At London

Life, Love, Job, You.

It's not about what you look like,
or your job, or how succesful you are.
It's about having people in your life that you love and who love you.

That's all matters.

Courogeous

Have you ever had the conviction you've been living a lie your whole life?
I always try to live my life boldly, honestly. sometimes I feel I'm so fulfilled.
Maybe, when people found what they want, it makes easier to live.
because it's easier to run to the goal more than just don't see the goal and don't know where they are.

Split moment

There are moments so overwhelming all of sudden, in a split second,

your life changes forever.

Before you know it, you're someone else.

... split second

Direction

Time takes pleasure in kicking our asses, for even the strongest of us, it seems to play tricks....
slowing down.....
hovering.....
.... until it freezes.... leaving us stuck in a moment, unable to move in one direction or the other.

At Spain

I just hate being the hurter

It's worth, I think, than being the one who gets their heart broken.
but I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to be happy.

Madrid

Connection

I wanna believe for all of the rest of us who are flailing around in this abyss, trying to feel what we're supposed to feel in order to connect in meaningful ways.
I wanna believe that real, true connection among human beings is actually possible and supposedly, marriage connects us, I mean supposedly, it improves out moral fiber.

At Spain

The things.

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

- Betty Ford

Feel into your heart,so you can feel mine.

In love, your heart will dicatate your actions toward others to show how much you care about them. Fill your heart with love so others can feel it, too. Help them see it clearly by doing things for them that they translate as love.

At Cordoba, Spain

Tomorrow will be a better day

What do you want?

What do you need to do to get what you want? what are you strengths, your weaknesses?

What is the next step you need to take? Forget about vague concepts and loose opinions. what are the facts? Most of us have plans, lots of plans. and we have ideas, lots of ideas. but we so rarely turn our ideas into our plans, thus creating our futur, because little of what we think about progresses beyond concepts and opinions.

Of course, we can never measure ourselves against concepts and opinions because they are too abstract to define. Thus , we can't say whether we 're making progress or what we need to change. Define your goals, and define your plans to attain them.

People who construct their goals in concrete terms are 50 % more likely to feel confident they will attain their goals and 32 % more likely to feel in control of their live.

- Howatt 1999

At cordoba, Spain

There is no me without you

Know who does or does not matter.
When you care about a person, everything about the person matters.
When you don't care, nothing matters about the person.
When you discover who makes life better than belong alone,
then your life will be complete, and you will not want to be alone.

At Atlanta sunday afternoon

Love is not what you talk about...

It is what you do.

Do not believe people who just TELL you they love you - make sure you see it in how they treat you. Love is a feeling that must be experienced by your heart. When you love, love completely with your heart, soul and body. The essence of your love will be in what you do for those you love. People may remember your smile, your words, your favorite things, even perhaps, your mannerisms; however, what they will not forget, and what will remain in their hearts, is how you treated them. In love, your actions will speak louder for you than any words you can ever utter. The things you do for love will never be erased from people's hearts.

At Madrid, Spain

Dad

I said, "I can't."
You said, "Try again."
I said, "It's too hard."
You said, "Don't give up."
I said, "What if I fall?"
You said, "I'll be there to catch you."

.... and you always are.

At Toledo, Spain

Lover's Irony

How different we are,
You and I, so much alike,
Together complete.

At Spain Nerja

Sunday Brunch

Make people feel welcomed, needed and appreciated. the greatest hunger people have is to be
needed, wanted and loved.

Everyone wants to be included in life with people they like and love.
You can make them feel part of your life by listening to them, sharing your experience with them and spending time with them.

- Linda Andrade Wheeler
At Atlanta

Look to nature for solace and healing

Your focus becomes your reality.
Change your focus and change your reality.

At Springs/Florida

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance

Love yourself as if you were your most treasured lover.

Then and only then can you measure the extent that you can love another completely.

At my place

Partner makes me better always.

Men aren't necessities, they're luxuries.

At Atlanta

Everybody is somebody special. Treat everyone with that in mind.

You know you are different from others.

That should tell you something.

That perspective of how special you are will help you ucknowledge and appreciate the uniqueness of others.

Welcome and celebrate their differences to live life in an exciting and special way.

- Linda Andrade Wheeler

Follow Your Heart

Instinct is pretty smart.

-Brian Hunziker

At Hawaii

Love Gives Life Within

Love is imperative to one's mental, physical, emotional and spiritual welfare.
Look at the situation with love, it changes everything.

- Hawaii

When you're over the hill, you pick up speed

It is when you are going up the hill that life challenges you and teaches you valuable lessons.

If you learn this well, when you are over the hill, you pick up the speed to velue each day and fill your precious moments with people, things and events that make you happy.

- Linda Andra Wheeler

At The big island

Expectation

"Happiness = Reality - Expectation"

- Ken H

You hold all the cards

Remember, repeating an action makes a habit.
Your habits create your character.
And your character is your destiny.
May success by your destiny.

- Leil Lowndes

The First Remedy Is Forgiveness

Before anyone of us can heal ourselves we need to
have forgiveness.

We need to to have pono(balance)
If we cannot forgive ourselves, we cannot heal
others, we cannot heal anyone.

- Kupuna Alapa'i Kahu'ena, La'au Lapa'au

Impossible is nothing

Life is short, times are hard, the road is long, with many a winding turn.

Lies

White lies Black lies and many shades of grey lies.
But some lies are justified.
Lies told out kindness, lies that preserve dignity,
Lies that spare pain.


The L world.

Falling Slowly

I don't know you

But I want you

All the more for that

Words fall through me

And always fool me

And I can't react

And games that never amount

To more than they're meant

Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice

You've made it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me

And I can't go backMoods that take me and erase me

And I'm painted black

You have suffered enough

And warred with yourself

It's time that you won

- Once

Which Happiness

You have finally understood the one simple reality that every person tends to overlook......before you can make anyone else happy....you must first make yourself happy. And it is not selfish to think of what you truly want.......or care about your needs first.....what you should do is find someone that will put your needs and wishes before his!

- Orlando Torres

When one grinds the teeth, the hand slows

Forgive and get on with life.
Forgiveness is a great power that brings freedom to all sides. Anger is fear of letting go.
Let go of the past.

First wave

As seasons change, allow your beliefs to change too.

Richan's first wave at Shimoda.