Here is how it works

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier

Colin Powell

Believing things will get better

certainly feels better 

than believing they won't

and if you feel better

You see things more clearly

and if you see things more clearly

and you can make things

even better

then just "better"

and that's poetiquejustis

"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, 

your whole body will be full of light."

Matthew 6:22

All At Sea

But I hated the idea of building ships

and never going to sea

  from The Boston Girl

            Anita Diamant 

When my mom was a girl

she lived in Brooklyn 

She would to love 

to go down to the docks 

and  watch the ships move

in and out of the harbor

Perhaps it was because

her family arrived here by sea

or because her mom

grew up in a fishing village in Italy

She never said

When she grew up

she married a Navy man

Sailed to Europe

and was the queen of the cruises

And she also taught me

to build my own ship of dreams

and set sail

to wherever they may lead

I hope I did the same for my kids

and I hope today 

someone does the same

for you

and that's poetiquejustis

Matthew 8:23

Verse Concepts

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
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When He got in to the boat

His disciples followed Him

Mark 8:23

Many More Hills to Climb

Great works are performed not by strength

but by perseverance

Samuel Johnson

I have  friends who seems to 

find it necessary 

to climb mountains

literally

I have other friends who seem to

find it necessary to climb mountains

figuratively

I am grateful for both

I have learned from both

I have learned because

 they persevere

Nelson Mandela said:

After climbing a great hill,

one only finds that there are many more hills to climb

We each have hills to climb

and paths to walk

May  we have the heart to find them

 

and the perseverance to climb them all

and that's poetiquejustis

Endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

Romans 5:4

A Powerful Choice

"To live happily is an inward power of the soul." ~ Aristotle 

Cakes are made from the outside in

Buildings are built from the bottom up

Make up brushes on 

 and washes off

 ah..but joy....

and happiness....

and freedom from fear

 only comes from living from the inside out

Today...take inventory

What is powering your soul?

Does it feel like this?

or this?

 Choose your power

and that's poetiquejustis 

 Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more

than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—

infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. 

The Dancer Becomes the Dance

My heart beats in three-quarter time
Eric Kandel

Always a little ahead of ourselves

 

Step one two
Step one two





 
 












 The waltz of life


Circling the room

Lightly held in the arms of fate

Step one two
Step one two


 








The music of the moment flowing through you

Propelling you in ever widening
Ever decreasing circles

 Step one two
Step one two

Waiting for the dance to begin

Or to end

Forgetting for the moment

That you are the dancer and the dance
And that's poetiquejustis

And David danced before the Lord with all his might.
2 Samuel 6:14

How Did That Happen?

You have to make it happen

Dennis Diderot

That good day you want?

You have to make it happen

That dream you want to see come true?

You have to make it happen

that person you want to be?

 

You have to make it happen

Michael Jordan said:

"Some people want it to happen

Some wish it would happen

Others make it happen"

IT just does not happen on its own

and that's poetiquejustis

                                       'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' 
                                                          says the LORD Almighty.
                                                                 Zechariah 4:6

Not An Option

Remove failure as an option

Joan Lunden

Today, you have lots of options

Every time you fall

Option:

Get up just one more time

Hit a dead end?

Option:

Start again!

Socrates said:

To find yourself 

Think for yourself

Option:

Stop letting problems changes your mind!

We all need options

But giving up

is the option

that takes all other options away

that's not an option

and that's poetiquejustis

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. 

Philippians 4:13