Another Thought on Hope

 A strong mind always hopes 

and always has cause to hope.

Thomas Carlyle

Hope

Victor Frankl tells us loss of hope

is harder to overcome than loss of the material

Hope

It is that belief of Annie's in the sun coming up

Hope

It is what gets us out of bed

It keeps us searching for answers

Keeps us believing in our dreams

Hope is the greatest gift we can give to the day

And that the day can give us in return

Hope

is what I hope for you

today

and that's is poetiquejustis

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess for He who promises is faithful.

Hebrews 10:23

Power and Purpose

"To live happily is an inward power of the soul." ~ Aristotle 

Cakes are made from the outside in

Buildings are built from the bottom up

Make up brushes on 

 and washes off

 ah..but joy....

and happiness....

and freedom from fear

 only comes from living from the inside out

Today...take inventory

What is powering your soul?

Does it feel like this?

or this?

 Choose your power

and that's poetiquejustis 

 Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more

than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—

infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. 

Skating Through Life

We live amid surfaces and the true art of life is to skate well on them

Emerson

When I was about twelve, I got my first pair of ice skates. 

We lived in New Jersey which is not exactly the center of the skating world,

 but there was an IceOrama or something like that at the mall 

and my parents signed me up for lessons. 

I loved it.

I loved the cute little skirts and the swish of the skates.

I loved the grace and the power of the skaters.

There was only one problem.

I could not skate and I could not seem to learn.

I would watch kids much younger than myself 

do figure 8’ s 

and pirouettes.

I would usually watch this from a sitting position either on the bench or on the ice-

 as I seemed to have fallen quite a bit.

It occurred to me years later that it was neither the skates nor my inexperience that held me back.

I just did not trust the ice.

 I was moving on a surface as alien as the moon

 and I was so unsure of it that I never connected.

                                                           Life can still be that way

.                                                               The ice seems thin

                                        …the rough spot seem frequent

…and there are dangerous bits of black economic and emotional ice where it is the least expeced

But this time, I am ready.

I am lacing up my skates

 and I will take the ice as it comes.

 and that's poetiquejustis

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. James 1:2-4

Let The Sunshine In

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

Me and Mr. Grump

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly.

 It was an important lesson about leadership.

Lee Iaccoca

There is a man I see when I go walking

He is probably in his 80's

and a bit of a grump

For one solid year,

My dog and I have  said hello and smiled whenever we saw him

No response

But we would not give up

He grumped right by us every day 

And we just kept giving him a big hello

The other day,

 he just gave up

 he smiled!

He said good morning!

It felt like Christmas!

and that's poetiquejustis

A cheerful heart is a good medicine

Proverbs 17:22

What Ya Gonna Do Now?

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do

John Wooden

Here is a little free life coaching that will go a long way

The next time you decide on something that needs to be done

 Catch how often you say

"I won't do this.....

"I don't like doing that...

"That is just not my style"

Now...

Hit delete 

Now list all the things you will do

You can do

You must do

 You will do

Note: It does not matter if you "like" doing it

now 

(and this is key)

do them

It is said that successful people are the people who do the things they do not like doing

and do them well.

and that's poetiquejustis

 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Hebrews 12:1