Born Day by Day

A single event can awaken within us

 a stranger totally unknown to us. 

To live is to be slowly born.

 Antoine de Saint Exupery

Have you ever wondered where the wonder has gone?

I have.   Often.

I wonder if it is because we box ourselves in to the known

And we give ourselves no new wonders to wonder about

The wonders are still out there

We just have to go and find them!

 SO....

Out of the box!

Out of the chair!

Go!  And we are off to find the wonderful unknown!

We don't have to look very far!

Just by going the wondrous few inches of the universe just beyond our horizon

Can make all the difference

and that's poetiquejustis

He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.  Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.

Luke 9:3-4

Windows

And all the windows of my heart 

I open to the day

John Greenleaf Whittier

The sunshine of smiles

The mist of tears

The winds of change

The fog of sadness

The chill of pain

The warmth of love

I will make a room in my heart for all

And welcome each as a friend

They are all a part of living

and that's poetiquejustis 

 .... for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

Philippians 4:11

A Storied Life

Either write something worth reading or something worth writing 

Benjamin Franklin

Write your  thoughts

Write your dreams

Use indelible ink!

Then give them wings

Umberto Eco said:

"To survive you must tell stories"
You are your story
and that's poetiquejustis

 
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
Romans 15:4

Do Not Fear What They Fear

The secret to happiness is that it is always a choice.

Alexandra Stoddard

I read the news

It does not make me happy

I spend time with my family

That makes me happy

I cannot stop doing either of those things

But I can choose what I let influence my life

I choose happiness

and that's poetiquejustis

 "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

1 Peter 3:14

Going Ashore

Today, I will mend my boat and journey

from Bombadil Goes Boating, Tolkien

Mending my boat.....

Fixing the dings that life has left

Then heading out in to life 

Lifting the oars that at once seem so heavy
and then move with ease through the waters of my day

Drifting a bit 

Coming to shore

then mending my boat and setting off once more

That is the joy of the journey
That is life

and that is poetiquejustis

 Then they were glad to take Him into the boat,

 and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going. 

John 6:21

Cut the Crisis

There cannot be a crisis today

my schedule is already full

Henry Kissinger

 Places to be

People to see

Shopping to do

Work to get through

Books to be read

mouths to be fed

Laundry to wash

Oh my goodness- my gosh

 Be brave- 

be and be

 and today

put the world on

at least for a little while

and that's poetiquejustis

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."

Mark 6:31 

A Time to Sing

The time of the singing bird is come

Song of Solomon

It is time

Change is coming

New things are happening

Be a part of it

and that's poetiquejustis

For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! 

 

Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness.

 I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. 

Isaiah 43:19

 

Extras

We may as well try to make ourselves extraordinary

Sir Francis Bacon

Simple

Extra-ordinary

Simple

Extra-ordinary

Simple

Extra-ordinary

Sometimes, life just needs you to add

a little color here and there

to make it all

and that's poetiquejustis

I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 10:10