Just Try and Stop Me

In the depth of winter, I finally learned

that there was in me

an invincible summer

Albert Camus

In the seasons of pain

In the months of disappointment

In the hours of uncertainty

 We all have within us

 an invincible self

if only we will let it

shine

and that's poetiquejustis

let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds 

and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

What Day Is This?

There are 7 days in the week

and 'someday' isn't one of them

Shaquille O'Neal

Each day has a challenge waiting for you

Each moment an opportunity waiting for you

Don't waste those times

on having to do the things

that should have already been done

Alternative:

 and that's poetiquejustis

Don’t brag about tomorrow,
    since you don’t know what the day will bring.

Proverbs 27:1

Funny Thing About That

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully

Max Eastman

Every day, we all deal with people

who just do not know how to laugh it off

People who can turn a bowl of cold cereal

In to a three act play

or a simple problem 

in to a drama of Greek tragedy proportion

And then they manage to cast themselves in the role of both

victim

and hero

while making certain they 

 everyone within a thirty mile radius

You aren't like that, are you?

I didn't think so

That's why I like you

And that's poetiquejustis 

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Matthew 5:9 

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

But I set fire to the rain

Adele

Anger

Fire

flaming and out of control

Breathe

Softly

Turn away from the blaze

Feel the inner warmth

Move on

and leave the fire to consume itself

and that's poetiquejustis
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you
along with malice
Ephesians 4:31

Chance of a Lifetime

Necessity is the mother of taking chances

Mark Twain

Today I met a hummingbird

He hovered by my face

Wings beating the air with frantic grace

And he bid me follow

He waited there as long as he could

He wished me no ill and only good

And he bid me follow

But I stood rooted like a tree

Afraid to move - afraid to see

What might be there if I agreed

To follow

And so with one last fleeting glance

He rose in the air and with him my chance

To follow.....

Perhaps he will find me again

and time and duty will tell me when

to follow

And I will soar with graceful ease

and the hummingbird will say

"now if you please....

follow"    

and that's poetiquejustis

But as to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you.

I Thessolonians 5:1

What Exactly Are You Waiting For?

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told:
                                             "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

                                                           Maya Angelou

Life: grab here....

Time to experiment

......you don't need experience

.............in fact, if you wait for experience

.......................you will never experiment

and that's not living!

Life...take it for a spin

Give life a little grin

take life

and then do something that rocks

 Experiments don't take experience

and.....

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

and that's poetiquejustis

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it

Psalm118:24

Here's Mud in Your Life

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Ivan Turgenev

When life seems like a   muddle

 And the waters have been muddied

 by the words that people say and things they do

When your boots seemed stuck and mired

And you really are quite tired

From the muddle that seems like life to you

Grab that mud and make some mud pies

Leave your footprints

Make a disguise

Take the muddle and build a stairway to the sky!

and that's poetiquejustis

I waited patiently for the LORD;

He turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;

He set my feet on a rock 

Psalm 40:1-2

Gently Down the Stream

Take the gentle path

George Herbert

You can blast your way through life

You can trod all underfoot

You can mow down  all that is in your way

But then be ready

to build your life on rubble

Today- by all means go forward

Gently....

You will still get where you want to go

And it will be a much nicer place to live 

when you get there

and that's poetiquejustis

Let your gentleness be known to all

Philippians 4:5