Cross-Fit for the Soul

Lift me won't you lift me

Above the old routine.....

  Carol King, Jazzman 

Ready to exercise?

Good...because it is:

Time to do some heavy lifting

Start here:

  Now...LIFT!

Good! 

 

Again!  

 

Lift,

 but this time put some soul in to it!

Excellent!

Words to Lift by:

Happiness is an attitude.  We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong.  The amount of work is the same.  ~

Francesca Reigler
and that's poetiquejustis

Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; 

thank God no matter what happens. 

This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live. 

I Thessalonians 5:16-18

To Live Within

 Just remain in the center watching
and then forget that you are there

Lao Tzu

You see it all

The chaos

The greed

The cold and the heartless

And yet you remained untouched

How can that be?

Because they only know how to live without

and you know how to live within.

That is life

and that's poetiquejustis

 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.  Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

John 17:15-17

On The Ragged Edge

The line of life is a ragged diagonal

between duty and desire.

William R. Alger

I must admit this day has left me ragged

I did not leave my office

I did not leave my desk

The problems seemed quite insurmountable

But I had to keep climbing over them

Only to find another on the other side

But there were friends along the way

and just like any other day

It was possible to find

some beauty

on that ragged diagonal line

between desire and duty

and that's poetiquejustis

 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 

Matthew 6:33

If You Will Only Let Yourself Shine...

^{I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will love the darkness 
because it shows me the stars.}

^{Og Mandino}

^{The biggest change there has been for me  in moving from the city to a seaside town}

 ^{is the sky}

^{There is more of it here}

^{There is more of everything - sun and wind and even darkness.}

^{And  there are more stars}

^{Many morestars}

^{The stars do not battle here with the lights of a high rises and marquis}

^{The stars simply shine and the darkness clears a path}

^{Anna Quindlen wrote:}

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.

Today, if you will let yourself shine, the darkness will clear a path 

and that's poetiquejustis

 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. I John1:5

Spring!

I would like to go climbing a birch tree

Robert Frost

It is Spring

I want to go barefoot

And skip stones in a brook

And pick butercups

I want to climb a birch tree 

And swing until I touch the sky

That's what I want to do

and you?

and that's poetiquejustis

To Begin Again..and Again

Dreams are renewable

Dale E. Turner

My dreams went to sleep last night

and this morning, they hid their head beneath the pillow

"Wake up", I said.

But My Dreams just burrowed deeper, not wanting to face the day unfulfilled

"Wake up", I said, and shook them gently, because I need My Dreams to carry on.

Sighing, My Dreams followed me in to the day

and the day gets busy

and I forget about my dreams

and I fall in to a slumber of work-a -day busy

And My Dreams shake me gently and say

"Wake up- we need you to carry on"

and we begin again

 

and that's poetiquejustis

For the light makes everything visible. 

This is why it is said, 

"Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light."

 Ephesians 5:14

To Be Counted Among the Doers

Knowing is not enough-

We must apply.

Willing is not enough-

We must do.

J. W. Goethe

To be or not to be

To exercise or not

To eat another slice of pizza

Drink yet another the soda

Blow off the studying

Ignore the  poor

....or not

Winston Churchill said:

“It is not enough that we do our best; 

sometimes we must do what is required.”  

and that's poetiquejustis

Mankind, He has told you what is good 

and 

what it is the LORD requires of you: 

to act justly,

 to love mercy, 

and to walk humbly 

with your God. 

Micah 6:8

Who's Gonna Stop Me?

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; 

it’s who is going to stop me.”

Ayn Rand

 Not everyone along the way

Is interested in your success

No matter

Not everyone cares about

Your goals 

No matter!

                                      Because as long as the person you see in the mirror is
                                                                  committed to your goals you will

 then there is no stopping you

so keep calm

and

and that's poetiquejustis

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Hebrews 12:1