The Wright Stuff

"If birds can glide for long periods of time, then… why can’t I ?”

Orville Wright

Beginning the journey

Liftoff- when your wings are filled with the wind of the unknown

But then there comes  the troubled air

And the through the stormy night

Then it takes more

I takes Tenacity and persistence

Until you reach the other side

and you know you have arrived

and that's poetiquejustis

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

                                                                            Galatians 6:9

Staying Alive or Living to Thrive

We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.

The Bee Gees

While the Bee Gees were lying around a recording studio in France 

jotting down these words for a new disco movie

I wonder if they were just rhyming or they really got it

Because those words- unlike most Bee Gee lyrics

Rocked my world

The headlines

The Crescendo of the NBC news theme 

 coincidentally written by a five time Grammy Winner John Williams

The blaring sight of CNN's logo

 I run for cover

I protect my soul

I know the effect of the New York Times

and I am staying alive

and that's poetiquejustis

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people"

Luke 10

A Place to Be

We have a home...we just need someplace to put it

Anonymous

I am not homeless- far from it

but I am without a home

I have a place to live that is amazing

With spas, and pools, and lakes and trees right outside of my door

But it is not mine- and it is not terribly big

And so my mother's china

And my crates of books

Languish is  a storage unit

Incarcerated through no fault of their own

But  I cringe at the thought of my complaining

Because my books and china at least have shelter

While too many of my fellow Americans do not- through no fault of their own-

and I am ashamed

and that's poetiquejustis

How Many Homeless kids in the United States?
 The King will reply,

 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me'
Matthew 25:40

I did what Johnny Depp Would Never Do...and I did it well

The quality of life is so different in France. 

There is the possibility of living a simple life. 

I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA.

 I would never raise any child there.

Johnny Depp

Well, I did, Johnny

 

I raised my kids in LA

 

 

Among the noise

 

 

 

And the hype

 

And the complexity of it all

 

 

Yes...I raised my kids in LA

 

Along the beaches

 

 

Above the canyons

 

Among the people

It was really very simple

At least as simple as raising children any where is

and my kids are magnificent

You chose France

I chose LA

It is as simple as that

and that's poetiquejustis

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm91:1

 

 

 

 

I live between the words

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

Francis of Assisi

 

My words

Your words

There is a gulf between what I say

And what I mean to say

Between what you say

And what I hear

But the words are connected by  love

And so

I live  between the words

and that's poetiquejustis

 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. 

For fear has to do with punishment, 

and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 

1 John 4:18

Managing the Imagination- unimagineable!

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

Michael Connelly

Organize

Alphabetize

Systematize

Categorize

But try as you will

But you cannot control it all

And really- do you want to?

Or shall we leave a little room for

serendipity?

and that's poetiquejustis
"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Isaiah 65:17

Has anyone seen my hope?

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears,
 not to oust them.

Vincent McNabb

The well of life seems dry

The ground up  which I walk is parched

I search for what is missing

In the rush of life I have discarded something that keeps me vital

What is it?

Inventory

I still have faith

I still have love

Hope!  Where is my hope?

Without hope, there is far too much room for the doubt and the fear

 I reach for hope

Hope returns

Life goes on

and that's poetiquejustis

 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

1Corinthians 15:19