Let Me Get This Straight

Your first job is to get your own story straight.
Natalie Goldberg

Straightening things up

Straightening things out

So busy getting things straight

It is easy to forget where you are going

Today- head straight for a moment of quiet

and get your story straight

 

And that's poetiquejustis

Carefully consider the path for your feet, 

and all your ways will be established.

Proverbs 4:26

Reflection

Only the still pool reflects the stars

Chinese Proverb

What are your reflecting?

The rush?

The clamor?

The never ending cycle ?

Here is a thought:

Once in a while

Give up the need for speed

 

And be your own reflection

And that's poetiquejustis

Seek peace and pursue it

Psalm 34:14

Unseen Victories

The real moment of success 

is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

George Bernard Shaw

The time you did not strike back 

The dieting day when you did not give in

The time you put yourself out

The times you put others first

Those times that no one saw but meant so much

Those are your biggest victories

And they can happen every day

And that's poetiquejustis

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:34

At Any Given Moment

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist

Hegel

"Wake up in the morning and stumble to the kitchen, 

pour myself a cup of ambition

yawn and stretch and try to come alive"-

Remember that old song from the movie "9-5"

We all can relate to the time we start to wake up

But when in the day do we REALLY wake up?

And what does that world look like?

What does it take?

 ah...Got it...but you are wasting a lot of living

waiting for the day to end

Today- don't just get out of bed-

wake up!

Today - all of it!- is ahead of you

and

all of it is going to be an adventure that you will not want to miss
but you have to really be awake for that.

and that's poetiquejustis

I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, 

more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 130:6

Today You Have Enough

 People want riches; they need fulfillment.

Robert Conklin

 I met a man recently who had a great job

A beautiful home

And a happy marriage

But he told me candidly that he did not feel fulfilled

I hear that a lot from people

Could it be that we just do not know what fulfillment is

And we do not want to recognize it when we have it?

Could it be that we have "fulfillment"mixed up with fame and fortune

And that mysterious "potential" we are all supposed to be reaching?

Washington Irving said:

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

 

 Had enough of never having enough?

Today, allow yourself to feel fulfilled
because then you will realize that you are
and that is only the beginning

and that's poetiquejustis

 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8

At The Gate

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Agatha Christie

Neck and neck

Pulling ahead ahead

Lagging behind

Where's the fire?

What's the hurry?

Once you are out of the gate

 

Just enjoy the journey!

 But you have to get started 

so just make sure

 you are out of the gate...

Bravo!
You are on your way!
and that's poetiquejustis

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:1

In So Many Words

No duty is greater than that of returning thanks

St Ambrose

Thank you

Grazie

Gracias

спасибо (spasibo)

 

 Asante

 

  Merci

  Now didn't that feel good?

and that's poetiquejustis

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, 

to which indeed you were called in one body. 

And be thankful. 

Colossians 3:15

Road Trip

The readiness is all

William Shakespeare

The day dawns and life happens

That is all there is to it

Or is it?

Why does it happen to some people in a more orderly fashion than others?

There is no escaping it-

It is planning.

If not for the next five years

0r even the next five days

then the next five hours

Know where you want to be

Know what you have to do to get where you want to be

Write it down

and do it.

"But things change"

So they do...

But having to maneuver a detour

 is far better

Than having to keep planning the trip as you go

and finding

and that's poetiquejustis

May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalm 20:4