Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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
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

Monday, January 29, 2018

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

Sunday, January 28, 2018

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. 

Saturday, January 27, 2018

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

Friday, January 26, 2018

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

Thursday, January 25, 2018

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