It Is Growing Late

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing,

 it grows too late to begin it.

Quintillian

Neil Diamond- the ultimate lyrics about beginning

“Where it began
I can't begin to know it

But, then I know it's growing strong”

Or the song that everyone danced to at their wedding in the 70’s by the Carpenters

“Before the rising sun, we fly

So many roads to choose
We start out walking

And learn to run
And yes! We've just begun”

What makes us so entranced with beginnings?

Because we believe this beginning will be the best of all beginnings

or, as Churchill said:

 "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

 and that's poetiquejustis

  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life,and the life was the light of men.  

 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:1-5

Happenstance

We can never know what might have been
but what is ahead is another matter.

C S Lewis

 People say  "you never know what is going to happen"

Then worry about what may never happen

Could have happened

or might have happened "if only...".

I have been thinking...

Maybe our gift of time is better spent

 trying to make things happen!

and that's poetiquejustis

Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back 

is fit for service in the kingdom of God." 

Luke 9:62

Letting Off Steam

When we long for life without difficulties, 

remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds

 and diamonds are made under pressure.

Peter Marshall

Pressure

Pressure cooker

Pressure points

Today

Take the pressure off of someone else

And while you are at it....it would not hurt to take the pressure off of yourself before it is too late

Things flow better when they are not being pushed down, you know

 and that's poetiquejustis

In quietness and confidence is your strength

Isaiah 30:15

Pace Yourself

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Move with intention

so that you may meditate on the moment

Move with ease so that life may impart its grace

Move and keep on moving

but do not feel the need to run

Give life the respect of a steady pace

and it will pay you back with the journey of a lifetime

and that's poetiquejustis
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
Isaiah 30:15

Wait for me

All moments are key moments and life itself is grace

Frederich Buechner

Waiting

Any time now, something great is going to happen...just waiting...

Something big!  Something lifechanging!

Just waiting for a little more time to pass, and then it will all happen

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

Until suddenly time passes by

What was I waiting for?

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 Thessalonians 5:1

Don't Forget to Live

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work.

Mother Theresa

Working to get paid? 

Then make it count

Working to have somewhere to go?

Then make sure you are choosing the final destination

Working to have someone to be?

Then first you must know who that someone is

Working to fill the hours?

Then see that they add up to the days you want to live

 Margaret Fuller said:
"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live."
So go...do whatever work you must do today
but while you are doing it
Don't forget to live

and that's poetiquejustis

"If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself."

C S Lewis

Illusions?

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

Sheila Ballantyne

Magical moments

The good in every one

The quiet of Winter

The promise of Spring

A future and a hope

If these are illusions

 So be it

They are ours, and we are sticking to them

And that's poetiquejustis 

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for,

to be certain of the things we cannot see.

Hebrews 11:1

Dabbling

For an artist, withdrawal is necessary.

Julia Cameron

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You are the artist of your life

Every day, you are creating your world

Bringing your gifts to the picture of life

And to do that well means having to slip away once in a while

To see things from your own perspective

Mary Sarton said:

Loneliness is the poverty of self; 

 

solitude is the richness of self. 

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and that's poetiquejustis

With the crowd dispersed, Jesus climbed the mountain so he could be by himself and pray. 

He stayed there alone, late into the night.

Matthew 14:23