View from the Heights

If suffer we must

let us suffer on the heights

Victor Hugo

If we find ourselves alone today 

may it be because

We showed too much mercy

We offered too much grace

We had too little fear of tomorrow

We dreamed too many dreams today

Antoine De Saint-Exupery said:

What worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

So if we must suffer,

let us suffer from heights

and that's poetiquejustis

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. 

"Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened."

1 Peter 3:14

The Race is On!

An object at rest tends to stay at rest

and an object in motion tends to stay in motion

Sir Isaac Newton

There is motion

And there is motion

And there is stopping

And there is knowing when the race is done

the real wisdom comes

in knowing the difference

and that's poetiquejustis

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

                                         2 Timothy 2:5

Sparking

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

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Circling the Answer

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

Have you seen the beauty?

No eyes that have ever seen beauty

ever lose their sight

Jean Toomer

Poet of the Harlem Renaissance

Focus

Not on the loss

but rather on the gain

Focus

Not on what is gone

But that which is with you

How can you bring the beauty of life in to your tomorrow

If you do not see it before the end of day?

Focus

And that's poetiquejustis

The Changes and the Choices

The talent is in the choices.

Robert De Niro

There are things you cannot choose

Your height

Where you were born

Forget about those things

Make the choices you can

Make them well and make them count

Stop wasting talent on what you cannot change

and use your talent

to make the choices

that make a change

and that's poetiquejustis

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,

 as good stewards of God's varied grace

1 Peter 4:10

Looking With Favor

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

Destination

Little by little one travels far

J R R Tolkien

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 will know you have come

when you realize

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