A Little Brighter

 

You agree, I know you agree!

that beauty is the only thing worth living for 

Agatha Christie

To leave each day a little brighter than you found it

To leave each soul you meet a little more peaceful

for knowing you

To bring beauty in words

To bring beauty to life

That is worth living for

And that's poetiquejustis

Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made,

 and behold, it was very good.

The Light Within You

 There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. 

Charles Dickens

 When the voices are shrill

Will you be the melody that soothes?

When fear is all that seems to be left

Will you offer hope?

When all seems lost 

Will you be one who helps them find their way?

If you are willing- the world needs you- 

today and tomorrow

and all the tomorrows to come.

"Yesterday is not ours to recover

but tomorrow is ours to win or lose"

LBJ

and that's poetiquejustis

Because of this light within you, you should do only what is good and right and true.

Ephesians 5:9 

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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The Why of Living

 

He who has a why to live

can bear almost any how

Nietzsche

I have to admit, 

there are days 

when my only motivation 

for getting up

is that the cat

won't have it any other way

Then there are other days

where I find my purpose

in every blade of grass

There is a song in every tree

a poem in every task

But most days..

it is just the cat

whatever works...
and that works for me

and that's poetiquejustis

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. 

Psalm 90:12

Taking The Steps

 

If the shoe fits it is probably worn out.

Craig Bruce

Out of sync?

Out of step?

Out of date?

 

That's ok

Just keep stepping!

And make it count

And that's poetiquejustis

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Corinthians 5:7

Climb or Fall

 

But above all, try something

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Try

You are almost there

Only you can stop you now!

One more push and you are over the top!

On the other side!

Out from under!

Thinking about giving up?

 

I didn't think so- not you!

 

It is climb or fall

And you are a climber.

You are one of the ones 

 

who is going to make it.

and that's poetiquejustis

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer

Romans 12:12

Stop Right There

 I have been fighting over commas all my life

Mark Halpern

 

Misused

Misunderstood

The poor little comma certainly has it woes.

 

It does not have the authority of the period

 

Nor the historical mystique of the semicolon

 

It just gets batted about the grammatical playing field at random

                                           but can really make a difference- to grandpa.

Matthew McConaughey said: Life is a series of commas

Let's pause and think about that.

 

And that's poetiquejustis

Point The Way

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. C S Lewis

Any day where I have not failed at least once is a wasted day

It means I am doing the same old tried and true
Not moving forward, 
Not doing those things I am afraid to do, 
Not really living!

I have not stumbled and fallen,

So I have not learned how to pick myself up and get moving again

I have not lost my way, so I must have walked this path before

Everything feels the same, so I must have been hanging around here a while

A day without failure means I am working only with the strength I have, 

not with the strength I need to build

A day without failure is just another day
and that will never do!
and that's poetiquejustis

 

For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.  

Proverbs 24:16

 

A Chance Opportunity

 

Ability is nothing without

Napoleon I

Window of opportunity stuck?

Cut a new one!

Lose the key to the door to the future?

Take that thing off the hinges!

Opportunity just not stopping at your floor?

Then go up the down escalator!

But whatever you do, 

Do not let your chances pass you by!

Emily Dickinson said:

"Not knowing when the dawn would come, I opened every door"

And that's poetiquejustis

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” 

Show me your faith apart from your works, 

and I will show you my faith by my works.

 James 2:18