Looking for Mr. (or Ms) Good Guy

You're a good man, Charlie Brown 

Charles Schultz

So, what exactly does it take to be a good person?

Well, here is my short list...

You are a good person if....

You fill up the empty water dish for the dog....

Give the guy on the street a few bucks to eat

and he is a good guy

when he shares it

You are a good guy

if you smile when you see a daisy

 (did you smile?)

You are a good guy if

You eat the meat loaf even if it is not "just like mom's"

 That's the good person short list

feel free to add your own

and that's poetiquejustis

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart

Luke 6:45

I've Got This

I fling my past behind me like a robe.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You shall not hold me back

You shall not hold me down

You shall become the steps beneath my feet 

To an ever brighter day

You will be silent about my failures

Yet ever cheering me on

Past, I appreciate all we have been through

But, moving on now-

I've got this. 

And that's poetiquejustis 

 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Mark 11:25

The Search is One

One knows what one has lost

but not what one might find.

George Sands

We can lose sight of things

Buried in the mountain of day to day

Friends slip away

Memories fade

Perhaps you will find them again

Or perhaps they have just moved aside a bit

To make room in your heart

for today

And that's poetiquejustis

  Let me see your kindness to me in the morning, for I am trusting you.

Psalm 143:8

 

Solutions

There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.

David Eagleman

You can close your eyes

You can close your mind

You can try to stop the clock

But think of all you will be missing?

Do you really want life to be a rerun of all your yesterdays?

 I didn't think so!

Go!  Solve the mysteries around you!

and that's poetiquejustis

For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.

 Indeed, the "right time" is now. 

Today is the day of salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

Hands

 I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand

Simon and Garfunkle, Bleeker Street

I saw an older couple walking down the street holding hands

There was such a connection

memories passing through the touch of one hand to another

Without a word

Just holding hands

Kids holding hands,

sharing  all that is new

Without a word....just holding hands and understanding

Hopes that pass from one hand to another

Strength that is given to the  hand that is held for the very first time

Holding hands keeps you from drifting away

Today

Hold someone's hand

Even if it is your own

Until you find

A Friend

 

and that's poetiquejustis

Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!
Psalm 132.4
 

Fighting Words

Be content to act

and leave the talking 

to others

Balltasar Gracian

There are those who talk a good fight

and there are those who wade in to battle

There are those who bring brightness and light

And those who just prattle

There are those who know what to do

And there are those who just live it

There are those who take good advice

and there those that just give it

and that's poetiquejustis

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in

Matthew 25:35

Leftovers for Living

It is not the leftovers that are wasteful-

it is the people who do not know what to do with them

or cannot be bothered.

Julian Baggini

What have you got left over at the end of your day?

A cup more energy?

A crumb or two more of a smile?

A tablespoon of  curiosity?

Whip up a bit more life!

Throw  what you have left on the fire!

 

 Then invite someone to dine with you on the very joy of living!

After you do all the things in a day you have to do-

sometimes the "leftovers" you share

 are the best part of the day!

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God.

Hebrews 13:16

Off You Go!

The mountains behind

The valleys ahead

The words that you've spoken

The books you have read

The places you visit

The place you return

The lessons of life

that were so hard to learn

The wishes you wish and the prayers that you pray

Have brought you from yesterday

All the way to today!

Isn't that amazing?

It's your day!

Enjoy

And that's poetiquejustis

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 

Jeremiah 29:11