The Dark Secret

Come forth in to the light of things

William Wordsworth

I am not a big fan of secrets

Unless there is a cake and a stack of presents involved

Have you ever worked at a place where everything is a secret

They call it "siloing" these days

"Need to know"

My guess is that corporate America has just read too much Tom Clancy

 Bring it out in the light!

Collaborate!

Don't just talk "team"

be a team

and that's poetiquejustis
 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Matthew 4:16

Seen

Make visible what, without you, 

may never have been seen.

Robert Bresson

See

What is good in others

And tell them

See 

The beauty around you

And share it

See

The importance of each moment

And live it

First

See

and then

and that's poetiquejustis

However, as it is written: "What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived" -- the things God has prepared for those who love him--

I Corinthians 2:9

A rose by every other name

It will never rain roses

When we want more roses,

we have to plant.

George Eliot

 I guess this is on my mind because we gave
six rose bushes a home last week

It was a good fit-

they needed a bit of earth

and wanted to share our yard

It took some work

It took some plannning

It took some investment of time and money

but all good things do

We are still learning about our roses

what they need and where the thorns are

but just like life,

planning, investing yourself, and learning

gives you the rewards you seek

-and that's poetiquejustis

  The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Isaiah 35:1

Over Every Mountain

Over every mountain there is a path

though it may not be seen from the valley

Theodore Roethke

You have to start to make the climb

even when the path is not clear

trust

and move on

You must command your eyes

To look up!

To look beyond

Just there! over that mountain

of fear, or loss, or uncertainty

is what you have been looking for

go! and keep going

You are closer than you think

and that's poetiquejustis

"Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them."

Mark 11:23

 

A Circular Argument

Plans are useless, but planning is invaluable

Winston Churchill

Do you want to be successful?

Plan for success

Do you want to be happy?

Plan to be happy

Want to be fearless?

Plan to be fearless

or

just let life happen

and see where that gets you..

and that's poetiquejustis

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. 

Proverbs 22:15

 

Getting in front of the problem

Few situations can be bettered by going beserk.

Melody Beattie

Control yourself

or you are going to leave a real mess behind you

and there is bound to be someone who is going to want to take you down

can you blame them?

Discipline yourself

We all have a "hulk" inside of us somewhere

just make sure your better self

is out in front

and that's poetiquejustis

A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

Proverbs 25:28

Monkey Business

There is only one way to avoid criticism:

 do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

 –Aristotle

If you do something new

Say something different

Question the status quo

- someone is going to 

get bent out of shape

 so be it

Recall the words of Emerson:

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” 

and that's poetiquejustis

The integrity of the upright guides them

Proverbs 11:3