Purpose, Direction, and The Places Yet To Be

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction

John F Kennedy 

I have two unfinished manuscripts sitting on my desk

They are being very patient, and only occasionally let their emotions show

But I swear I hear them sighing now and then

"Hey, Lady.....Here is a pen....could we please get on with this?"

Those books and I know where we want to go.....

And there are things in them that we have put the effort and courage in to saying

(as much as any writer has the courage to put their thoughts on paper for all to see)

But direction and purpose do not come from the pen

or the brain

Direction and purpose comes from the heart

and connects all else

Today, my books and I  will find that road between my heart and  head

and see where the path may lead

Are there projects waiting for you?

Go...build that path

And you will find the purpose and direction along the way

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

By The Side of The Road

Let me live in my house by the side of the road

and be a friend to man

Sam Walter Foss

Thoreau kept two chairs in his home at Walden Pond

One for himself and one for a guest

It is not the lack of furnishings that catches the mind

It is his thought to make room in his day for another 

To leave the door ajar to the footsteps of passersbys

Today-

"live by the side of the road" in your mind

and make a little room for others 

That is worth more to most people than you will ever know

And that is poetiquejustis

                                 The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
                                                                     Proverbs 27:9

The Curve that Counts

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight

Phyllis Diller

Andy Rooney said: 

when you smile when nobody else is around

you mean it

Right as always, Andy....

but

If you smile when others are around

you share it

and that's a good thing, too

Today-

you will see so many people without a smile in their eyes

Dennis Waitley said;

a smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside

Today- throw them a curve!

Give them smile they cannot seem to manage on their own

I bet you get it back!

and that's poetiquejustis

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. 

Proverbs 15:13

A Brief Case Study of You

I have to learn to be myself again....that's all

Doris Lessing

What are you waiting for?
Pack it up!

Pack it in!

Peel off those labels that people have stuck on your life

 Unlock the real you

Get a handle on who you are

then take it on your road!

and that's poetiquejustis

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10

Make it Rhyme

Talk is a refuge

Zora Neale Hurston

You can hide behind your words

Or you can use them to reveal your story

You can bury life in rhetotic

Or dialogue with the stars

In the words of the great Al Jarreau:

  I will take my time this time I'm gonna make a rhyme this time 

I will make a rhyme this time 

 I'm gonna take my time this time

Today- find your rhythm in your words

 then make your life rhyme

and that's poetiquejustis

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? 

You have the words that give Eternal Life."

John 6:68

only you

The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make

Simone Weil

Get busy!

There is something to be done and only

There is a smile that only you can put upon someone's face

There is a vision that only you can share with the world

There is a joy that only you can give

There are words of comfort that only you can say

You are here and now for a reason!

Your life is that work of art only you can create.

And that is poetiquejustis

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, 

but on a candlestick; and it gives light to all that are in the house. 

Matthew 5:14-15

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Choose it or Lose It

You are the way you are because that is the way you want to be

Fred Smith

Do you want to be happier?

Then...

Do you want to be at peace?

Then...

Do you want to make a difference in this world?

Choose to make a difference.

Then do something small or big today to  make the world a little better

If you want things to be better inside and out

Choose that life

  Choose that change

 and choose to live it

and that's poetiquejustis

 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; 

the old things passed away; 

behold, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:17

The Light That Wants In

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens

Charles Morgan

Every day -  an adventure in learning

Every moment - a chance to let go of what you thought you knew

And making friends with what you are about to know

Adding color and light to your world with wonders that were always there

Just hidden in the shadow of  things you have piled up from the past

Let in some light

Learn something new today

That is what makes life wonderful

And that's poetiquejustis

An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge

Proverbs 18:15