Pace Yourself

Can you just imagine....

Hooves thundered all around him

and he just moved on

Howls, and squeals and screeches filled the air

and he just moved on

The world looked nothing like it had before

 and he just moved on

and then...he was there

Now...if he could make it to his goal-

what's stopping you?

and that's poetiquejustis

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. 

But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

Did You Know...?

To succeed in life you need two things:

ignorance and confidence

Mark Twain

It is not what you know

It is not even who you know

It is ignoring what you think you do not know

Until  you do what you thought you did not know
until you know it-
and what you thought you did not know

gets you where you want to go

and that's poetiquejustis

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

What does it take?

The important work

of moving the world forward

does not wait to be done

by perfect people

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

They say it takes a village

I say it takes you

And me

And anyone else ready to show up

And do the work

That's how it gets done

And that's poetiquejustis

  Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:27

Just a Trickle

Life begets life; energy begets energy.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich

Sarah Bernhardt

Got a drop of time?

Give it away

and watch it pour

Got a trickle of hope?

Spread it around

 and it will gush

Physics reminds us about the truth of potential energy

You are a universe of potential energy

What are you waiting for?

let it rip!

and that's poetiquejustis

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Philippians 2:17

No Cape Required

In a world where there is so much to do

I felt strongly impressed that there was something for me to do. 

Dorothea Dix

The bystander effect

Someone else will do it

Someone else will speak up

There are heroes for this sort of thing, right?

Yes there are

And that hero is standing in your shoes

and that's poetiquejustis

 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’  The second most important commandment is this: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment more important than these two.”

Mark 12:30-31 

Wanted

There is nothing more precious in this world
than the feeling of being wanted

Diana Dors

To belong

To be welcome

To have the chance to dream

To have the right to know and be a part of something larger then yourself

To know your mind and speak it

To have a place to call home

These are the things that everyone wants 

These are the things everyone needs

That's not so much to ask

and that's poetiquejustis 

Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, 

And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places

Isaiah 32:18

Now You See It

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Jonathan Swift

There are those they call "at risk"

Men, women and kids who are close to slipping through the cracks

 Some who already have

 Some make it in to the light

And others fade away

But in every case what made the difference to this world

Was that someone saw

And then did something about it

That is vision

And that's poetiquejustis 

 The greatest sin  is to see someone in need

 and do nothing about it.

Billy Graham