The Limits

Until you believe in yourself

you ain't gonna have a life

Rocky Balboa

You can believe in fate

You can believe in luck

You can even believe in make believe

But you have no idea what believing really is

Until you believe

in you

And that's poetiquejustis

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

De-Termination

My agent said, "you aren't good enough for movies".

I said, "You're fired."

Sally Field

All those little blasts from the past that tell me what I can and cannot be-

All those nagging worries, concerns, 

and useless pondering about the future

Everything that I allow to bring me down, slow me down, 

and make me frown

Now, shoo!

I have some living to do!

and that's poetiquejustis

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, 

and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Hebrews 12:1

Being Who?

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” R W Emerson

Over here!

No- over here!

Do this!

Be that!

Change hats!

Change gears!

Enough already!

 I am calling the shots now

So take a number!

and I will happily be all you want me to be

when you want me to be

how you want to be me

as soon as I am finished

BEING ME

and that's poetiquejustis

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

 your works are wonderful,

 I know that full well.

Psalm 139:14

Above it all

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... 

on the infinite highway of the air. 

Wilbur Wright

Rising above the crowd can be a lonely business

It may mean taking to the sky alone

But perhaps you will help others to follow

It may mean you will hit some wind and rain

But you will also reach the rainbow first

So what if you take a dive once in the while

It beats sitting on the fence

You can hang around and talk about it

Or you can soar

Your wings....

Your sky....

Your choice

And that's poetiquejustis

...but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31

Clues

There are always wonderful mysteries to confront
 David Eagleman

You can close your eyes

You can close your mind

You can try to stop the clock

But think of all you will be missing?

Do you really want life to be a rerun of all your yesterdays?

 I didn't think so!

Go!  Solve the mysteries around you!

and that's poetiquejustis

For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.

 Indeed, the "right time" is now. 

Today is the day of salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

Moment by Moment

Each moment is a place you've never been

Mark Strand

How glib we are in stringing the moments of our lives together

Like so many beads

                                                         these crystalline moments

These many faceted drops of time that collect like dew

To then become part of something else

Something bigger

Becoming our life

Each moment is a gift

Wear it well

and that's poetiquejustis

      You saw me before I was born. 
                                      Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
                                  Every moment was laid out before a single day

 had passed.
                                                             Psalm 139:16

The art of Phillip Leslie Hale, American Impressionist

What You Are Not

What I aspired to be and was not 

comforts me

Robert Browning

Stop, Please

And take a moment to look at where your life is now

Now-Look behind you (just for a moment) at where you have been

and be grateful

That is all that is required

and that'spoetiquejustis

“The righteous keep moving forward, 

and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.”

Job 17:9