Train Yourself!

Do not let what you can't do

interfere with what you can do

John Wooden

Can't sing an aria?

Whistle a happy tune!

Can't make a soufle?

Nothing wrong with a bowl of popcorn!

Never going to win a prize with your roses?

Love your dandelions!

It is never about what you can't do!

It is being willing to do what you CAN do

And that's poetiquejustis

I will strengthen you and help you; 

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

That Beautiful Spark

You are only given one little spark of madness

you mustn't lose it

Robin Williams

Money...it comes and goes

Friends....

Fame....

Beauty....

You cannot hang on to these

But that little flicker of genius

That spark of poetic madness that is in us all

Never, ever let that go

Because that is the spark 

That makes all else

glow with life

and that's poetiquejustis

Believe in the light while you have the light, 

so that you may become children of light.

John 12:36

Put Your Feet Down

It is not a lack of time

It is a lack of direction

Zig Ziglar

Going in too many directions

Taking on too many tasks

Try, trying, trying

Getting, getting, getting

Nowhere

Stop.

Stand still

Better still

Take a stand

 Make time for who you are and what you want to do

and you will find you have

all the time in the world

and that's poetiquejustis

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you

Psalm 32:8

Actionable

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings

in to actions

Madame de Stael 

Feeling sorry for the family without a home?

Action item

Worrying about the folks with no food?

 Action item

Concerned about the youth in your community?

Action item

Thomas Jefferson said:

Do you want to know who you are?

Don't ask

Act!

Actions will define you. 

and that's poetiquejustis

Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?

James 2:15-16

You Snooze....

The best way to make your dream come true

is to wake up

Paul Valery

No- it is not too late

No- it is not too early

You are right on time!

So wake up and get going!

Destiny does not like to be kept waiting!

and that's poetiquejustis

This is why it is said: "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Ephesians 5:14 

Day of Discovery

You have to discover what you do and trust it

B. Streisand

I am a .......

Go ahead- fill in the blank

I am good at

Go ahead- shout it out!

Only you know the answer

Today

Discover

Uncover

Trust!

and that's poetiquejustis

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you,

 in order to bring praise to God.

Romans 15:7

Adopt an idea!

Look with favor upon a bold beginning

Virgil

Bring out the confetti

The Trumpets 

The horn

Bring out the chorus

An idea has been born!

Shout welcome and praises

Cast out doubt

Cast out scorn

Bring on jubiliation

An idea has been born!

And it is yours!

And that is poetiquejustis

Behold, I am doing a new thing

Isaiah 43:19

Far Far Away

Little by little one travels far

J R R Tolkein

How far you thought you would go

those summer days you cut the sky upon your swing

How far you thought you would go

when those first keys were put in to your hands

How far you thought you would go

when that first job was yours

How far you knew you had come

when you realized

that  now you are at home

and that's poetiquejustis

Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

Micah 4:4 

We will meet it when it does

What is coming will come 

and we will meet it when it does

J K Rowling

Goblet of Fire

Taking a chance

Taking it on

 fighting back

 owning it

Knowing the risk

Bringing it home

and that's poetiquejustis

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.