It Is a Fine Thing

Knowledge is a fine thing

Moliere

Very true

Knowledge IS a fine thing

the seeds of learning are planted there

and

Wisdom is a finer thing

because that unlocks what is hidden in the knowledge

and

Compassion is even a finer thing

and

wisdom with compassion is the finest thing of all
 

because that is where
the mind and the heart

have become a soul
 

and that's poetiquejustis

"Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 

Zechariah 7:10

Need a Lift?

If you would lift me up, you must be on higher ground

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today, I will smile because it will brighten your day

Today, I will laugh because it will be music to your ears

Today, I will listen a little more 

because my silence will give you room to grow

Today, I will be on higher ground than I was yesterday,

 and I will lift you up!

And tomorrow, 

I when I must reach up to find the higher ground

 

I know that you will be there

and that's poetiquejustis

  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself."  Luke 10:27

It Is Trying

But above all else-

try something

When our son was 13

he tried escargot

He probably never ate them again

but he tried

I respected him for that

I don't know what made him decide to try them

he just did

What do you see yourself trying?

Dance?

Marathon?

Singer?

Go ahead and try!

It can't be any worse than eating snails

and that's poetiquejustis! 

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19

It Is Trying

But above all else-

try something

When our son was 13

he tried escargot

He probably never ate them again

but he tried

I respected him for that

I don't know what made him decide to try them

he just did

What do you see yourself trying?

Dance?

Marathon?

Singer?

Go ahead and try!

It can't be any worse than eating snails

and that's poetiquejustis! 

Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19

Astonishing

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

Paul Cezanne

and he did

Arthur Ashe said

"Start where you  are 

Use what you have

Do what you can"

Cezanne used an apple

what will you use?

that is the challenge

and that is poetiquejustis

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Matthew 5:14-16

An Age of Miracles

The possible's slow fuse 

is lit by imagination

Emily Dickinson

Anything that ever been built

Anything that humankind has done

Has started with:

I have an idea

and nothing you say

is going to stop me

and that's poetiquejustis

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord

James 1:5-7

Hear, Hear...

Hear the other side

St Augustine

                                                    Not just the other side of the story

Listen to

the other side of your story

the other side of your soul's story

 that longs for more than this

Hear the other side

And listen

until your story speaks

and then keep listening

And that's poetiquejustis

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 

Romans 10:17

Got Our Ducks in a Row?

Just tell yourself, Duckie, 

you're really quite lucky!

Dr Seuss

  Some days you just feel different 

and you don't know why

And there are those days 

when no matter what you do

you get stuck in the tall grass

 and you just cannot get going!

but other days...

 

  You know someone cares

Or there is someone to show you the way home

Those are the days when

you just know where you belong!

so all, in all, Duckie,

you really ARE quite lucky

and that's poetiquejustis

                                  For I have learned to 
                                 be content whatever the circumstances.
                                                                  Philippians 4:11

The Door Ajar

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

Here and There

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Peter Marshall

if you cannot plant a field

Plant one flower

and you will learn how to grow

If you cannot sing a cantata

Hum a few notes

and your heart will learn to sing

Enjoy the moment

Because moments add up to a life

Little things

are big things....

If you do them-

a little bit here...and a little bit there.

and that's poetiquejustis

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much"

Luke 16:10