From the Inside Out

What we achieve inwardly 

will change outer reality

Aristotle

A heart filled with hope

A mind filled with peace

Those are the real victories

Achieve that

Hold on to that

And you have all you will ever need

and that's poetiquejustis

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

Just Plan On It

Plans are useless, but planning is invaluable

Winston Churchill

Do you want to be successful?

Plan for success

Do you want to be happy?

Plan to be happy

Want to be fearless?

Plan to be fearless

or

just let life happen

and see where that gets you..

and that's poetiquejustis

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. 

Proverbs 22:15

The Depths

My life is like a stroll upon the beach as near

the ocean's edge as I can go.

Thoreau

Dipping a toe in to a new challenge

Diving in to a new experience

Taking the ride all the way

And then going back for more

That's a life with depth and motion

and that's poetiquejustis

That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,  that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3: 16-19

Try

But above all, try something

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Try

You are almost there

Only you can stop you now!

One more push and you are over the top!

On the other side!

Out from under!

Thinking about giving up?

 

I didn't think so- not you!

 

It is climb or fall

And you are a climber.

You are one of the ones 

 

who is going to make it.

and that's poetiquejustis

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer

Romans 12:12

Belt it out!

When was the last time you sang?

Question put to the sick by Native American Healers

Well?   When was the last time YOU sang?

When was your heart so overflowing that it spilled out in song

When was the world too wonderful for mere words

And it had to put to melody?

When was the last time you sang just because you wanted to sing

You needed to sing

There was so much life in you that you just had to sing

sharp, flat major,minor, blues or rap

it does not matter

what matters is that you feel the life within you

and your sing it out

Me?

I feel a song coming on

and that's poetiquejustis

                                 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
                                          Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
                                                              Ephesians 5:19

The Starting Line

An early morning walk

is a blessing for the whole day

Thoreau

If you start your day like this

 or like this

just make sure

you start your day

and your day does not start you!

and that's poetiquejustis

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. 

Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever,

 even if your whole world seems upset.
St Frances De Sales

The End of Excuses

Man can learn nothing except by going 

from the known to the unknown

Claude Bernard

What is holding you back?

How many times during the day 

are you looking for a workaround

just to avoid doing something 

you do not have the confidence to do?

How many roads to success have you failed to take

by telling yourself :"That's not for me "

Get out of your way!

You can make progress

Or you can make excuses

But you cannot do both

And that's poetiquejustis

                         Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.

Fair Winds

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are made for

John A Shedd

I live in  a seaside village and many things here in spire me

But none more than the sight of a tiny speck of a sailboat far out toward the horizon

While others just rock and sway in the harbor

I ask myself- "so, what's it going to be, sailor?

You choose.   

Tied safe in the harbor

Or grabbing the compass and seeing what there is to see in life?"

I made my choice!


Now, how about you?

 and that's poetiquejustis

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you

that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.

 Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

Deuteronomy 30:19

Just Alive

J'aime la vie!  I feel that to live is a wonderful thing!

Coco Chanel

"To live is a wonderful thing"

Do you believe that?

(I am not sure Coco really did because it is very hard to find a picture of her smiling!)

But you! 

 I know you believe it

So do me a favor:

The next time the person at the checkout stand says: "How are you"

Or and someone in the office tears their eyes away from the screen long enough to say:

"How's it going"

Give them more than a grunt and a shrug.

Give a shout out to life!

To living

To being alive

It is ok, you know to be happy just to be alive!

Tell the world!

Be the sun behind the clouds!

T

The bit of spring to fill the air

Spread the news-

You are alive-

that is a wonderful thing

and that's poetiquejustis

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26