Dinner with my mom, dad, sisters, niece, and brother-in-law at Fete in Honolulu, Hawaii.
#family #dinner #fête #restaurant #honolulu #hawaii #mindfulness #gratitude
Monthly Archives: April 2018
My cousin Jill and Nathan’s wedding at Kualoa Ranch
My mom, dad, sisters, baby niece, brother-in-law, and extended family attended my cousin Jill and Nathan’s wedding at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii on Saturday April 28, 2018.
#cousin #family #wedding #kualoaranch #oahu #hawaii
Filed under Events, Family, Gratitude, Happiness, Mindfulness
Attacking Our Long-Term Goals
When attacking my long-term goals, it usually takes 6 to 7 years for them to manifest. I have one goal that is on its 12th year. To quell the worry monster inside us from wondering if we will get there, or if all these years of work are worth it, we can keep working on each project step by step, day by day to knock off many small wins until we reach our vision. Each small win gives us a dopamine rush or feelings of accomplishment! Also, we can be like water, and adjust to receive different variations of our dreams.
#goals #dreams #stepbystep #daybyday #education #sports #exercise #health #career #politics #law #business #entrepreneurship #writing #fiction #nonfiction #books #aviation #nonprofit #charity #process #progress #mindset #patience #determination #relentless #tenacity #mindfulness #gratitude
Filed under Books, Business, Career, Consistency, Creative Writing, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship, Exercise, Gratitude, Law, Life Coach, Motivation, Novels, Positive Living, Quotes, Writing
I finally understood what she wanted to say to me.
She told me to listen.
So I did.
“I can’t tell you how I feel,” she said. I was confused.
A song softly played on my stereo, echoing through our silence.
“Listen,” she whispered.
We held hands and swayed to the sound. I felt a warmth throughout my body as she stared into my eyes with a smile.
At the end of the song, she faded away.
Tears trickled down my face. I finally understood what she wanted to say to me.
(Below is the song that played – “Fall At Your Feet” by Lucy Neville)
#fiction #novels #books #creativewriting #writing #music #love #romance
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Sleep is Important
Having enough sleep is important for our mental and physical health. It’s a challenge for me because I’m always thinking, even when I want to sleep. I can read and write for many hours, even until sunrise, which I’m trying to avoid. If I get 7 or more hours of sleep, I add a win to my daily wins journal. I had almost 9 hours of sleep last night, my 70th time sleeping 7 or more hours for 2018.
#sleep #rest #health #mentalhealth #physicalhealth #stressrelief #anxietyrelief #practice #dailypractice #goals #selfdevelopment #mindfulness #peace #innerpeace
Filed under Consistency, Health, Life Coach, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Motivation, Positive Living
Last night you came to me.
Last night you came to me
You gave me three songs
One for our pain
Two for our love
And three for our tomorrow
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 4/26/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #music #songs #love #romance
Filed under Creative Writing, Love, Poems, Uncategorized
Just My Fish and I
Just my fish and I.
#fish #neontetras #tetras #pets #aquarium #peace #innerpeace #mindfulness #gratitude
Filed under Pets, Uncategorized
Go dance by yourself!
Go dance by yourself!
Move that energy in you.
Turn it up a notch!
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #132, 4/25/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #peace #innerpeace #mind #mindset #positivemindset #positivethinking #positivity #happiness #dance #music #dancemusic
Filed under Dance, Dance Music, Happiness, Life Coach, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Positive Living
What will be, will be.
What will be, wil be. Keep learning, working, loving . . .
Keep going.
#motivator #motivation #work #learn #love #stepbystep #daybyday #selfdevelopment #goals #dreams #patience #mindfulness #impermanence #mindset #raceagainsttime
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“Run” by Fhono
It feels hopeless in the darkness.
So I gotta go.
I’m not alone where milk and honey flows from misery to paradise.
Run! We can make it!
Shine through the darkness.
#run #fhono #music #song #lyrics
I work on what I can today
To distract me from worrying about tomorrow, I work on what I can today.
At times we decline opportunities to pursue our dreams, which causes us stress. I’ve been through it with my political and legal career, and now I’m going through it with my recent goals in the private sector. Focusing on what I can work on now has helped me move forward on my journey, even through the roughest parts. I wish you the best in your journey. I’m feeling you and cheering for you!
With Warmest Aloha, Jon
#today #present #now #mindfulness #stepbystep #daybyday #anxietyremedies #strategy #thoughts #philosophy #quote #quotes #starbucks #work #writing #goals #dreams #business #aviation #books #novels #fiction #nonfiction #entertainment #motivation #mindset #macbookpro #macbook #waikele #oahu #hawaii
I love the feel of books being physically with me.
I love the feel of books being physically with me as well as their soul. I have books on shelves in my living room and office. I also have stacks of them on my nights stands on both sides of my bed. When reading before bed, books don’t radiate blue light like when reading from a computer, pad, or smartphone. Further, I take a book with me on trips or to the coffee shop.
#books #nonfiction #fiction #reading #writing #learning #selfdevelopment #daybyday #stepbystep #mindfulness #gratitude
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Pretend For One Day
I still think of you.
Even if you never cared.
Pretend for one day.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #130, 4/17/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #love
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
Our worries can make it hard to sleep.
Our worries can make it hard to sleep. Before bed, I like to drink a hot decaffeinated tea or hot chocolate, take a hot shower, and wrap myself in this cozy Nautica bathrobe that my sister Mia gave me some years ago for Christmas. Also, reading a book, especially fiction helps. Every so often I meditate to clear my mind. As a last resort, we could take a supplement to help us sleep so long as we are okay waking up wanting to sleep more, which is better than waking up with morning anxiety. Wishing you the best!
#sleep #sleepremedies #rest #decaffeinatedtea #hotchocolate #hotshower #nautica #bathrobe #read #books #fiction #meditation #sleepsupplement #mindfulness
Filed under Books, Happiness, Health, Life Coach, Meditation, Mental Health, Peace, Positive Living, Sleep
Happy people don’t worry or get angry about trivial things.
Happy people don’t worry or get angry about trivial things. Unless you or your loved one is about to die, what you’re mad or anxious about isn’t so bad. Be like water and adjust.
#happy #happiness #mindfulness #gratitude #empathy #compassion #peace #innerpeace
Picture of the sky above Pearl City, Hawaii.
Filed under Compassion, Empathy, Gratitude, Happiness, Life Coach, Love, Mindfulness, Peace, Positive Living
I Feel You In It
This stone protects me.
A lucky stone you told me.
I feel you in it.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #129, 4/14/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #love #stone #preciousstone #luckystone #protect
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
You Dance In My Dreams
It has been some time.
I protect you from afar.
You dance in my dreams.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #128, 4/14/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #love #dance #dreams #protect
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Love, Poems, Writing
Then She Moves My Pen
I want to love her.
So I write until she breathes.
Then she moves my pen.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #127, 4/12/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #love
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Love, Poems, Writing
Like a Ghost Crying
How can the truth live,
if it has to be believed?
Like a ghost crying.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #126, 4/12/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #truth
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
I am not a dream
If you are dreaming,
Lie to me, tell me you’re dead.
I am not a dream.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #125, 4/12/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #love
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
Failure is a Gift
Failure is a gift.
Use it to light your rocket.
Pain fuels our dreams.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #124, 4/12/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #failure #pain #dreams
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
Pasta with Mushrooms and Onion
I cooked pasta with shiitake, shimeji, and enoki mushrooms, and diced onions, topped with grated parmesan cheese.
#pasta #mushrooms #onion #cooking #dinner #mindfulness #gratitude
Filed under Cooking, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
Death falls on us now.
Time – Fluffy snowflakes,
falling onto my footsteps.
Death falls on us now.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #123, 4/10/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #mindfulness #time #life #death
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
Music Dances Into Me
Just a dash of green.
Music dances into me.
So does your spirit.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #122, 4/6/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #mindfulness #music #spirit
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
You Were Made From Words
You were made from words.
Weave us through our mad world.
Teach us how to live.
– Jon Riki Karamatsu, Haiku Poem #119, 4/2/2018 –
#poem #poems #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #haikupoems #haikupoetry #writing #creativewriting #art #expression #mindfulness
Filed under Creative Writing, Haiku, Poems, Writing
Life is much happier when we surround ourselves with loved ones who practice positive living.
I had a great time with my friend Brandon Mitsuda who always boosts positive energy into me. Life is much happier when we surround ourselves with loved ones who practice positive living.
#happy #happiness #practices #positivepractices #positiveliving #positiveenergy #friends #friendship #lifecoach #motivational #quote #quotes #easter #mindfulness #gratitude
Filed under Friends, Gratitude, Happiness, Mindfulness, Motivational, Positive Living, Quotes
JON RIKI KARAMATSU 