Living the Magic

Youth is a circumstance you  cannot do anything about

The trick is to grow up without growing old

Frank Lloyd Wright

 It really is not much of a trick, actually

All it takes is a sense of humor

Seeing life as the wonder it is

And knowing that every day of living still holds 

fantastic joy and surprises

 if you are only willing to say the magic words

"Abbracadabra.....I love life!"

 and that's poetiquejustis

 

Always be joyful.
I Thessalonians 5:16

For Real

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

 John Lennon said: Reality leaves a lot to the imagination

Perhaps too much?

Arguments in your head with someone you have not seen in twenty years

Perceived slights and snubs

The limits of what you can achieve

 Life looks a lot better in real time.....so real it in
and that's poetiquejustis
“Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion you could not have guessed.
C S Lewis

Eight Days A Week?

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

Noted

Music produces a kind of pleasure that human nature cannot do without

Confucius

The melody of laughter

The notes of praise

The symphony of nature

A friend told me once that my life was set to music
Yours is too

The music of your life

is the music of your heart

and that's poetiquejustis

Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.

 Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord

Ephesians 5:19

Life's Disguises

We are all faced with a series of opportunities

brilliantly disguised as impossible situations

Chuck Swindoll

                                                               What disguise is your opportunity wearing?

A new job that you never think you will get?

A new home you think you will never afford?

A relationship you think is over?

Unmask them

and you will find opportunity smiling

and that's poetiquejustis

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:18

You Are Far Above Average

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
Charles M Schwab

Did you know that the word average comes from the middle ages and meant "damaged goods"?

We are all average something- at least if we ever try new things we are!

We are all "damaged goods" in some way

But there is one place where you are far above average

Where you blowout the statistics and always make it over the net

And that is when you are you with all your heart

and that's poetiquejustis

For we are God's masterpiece.

 He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 2:10

Sensational!

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.

 William James

You have heard it all before:

"Wear sensible shoes"

"What's the sense?"

And you know when you have heard it?

When your senses are clouded by the common

And your heart forgets to dance.

 Today, when your mind says be sensible

let your heart take over

then let it dance!

And that's poetiquejustis

Let them praise His name with dancing

Psalm 149:3

All Together Now

The important work

of moving the world forward

does not wait to be done

by perfect men

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

They say it takes a village

I say it takes you

And me

And anyone else ready to show up

And do the work

That's how it gets done

And that's poetiquejustis

  Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:27

Without Reason

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.

John Lyly

What do you fancy?

What makes your eyes shine

And your heart sing

And your soul soar?

When you are window shopping in life

what do you fancy?

 

What makes you leap in to the day

And keep moving forward?

 

What do you fancy?

I hope the list is very long because those are the places 

where you touch the heart of life

 

and that's poetiquejustis

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good...

Luke 6:45