Choose To Grow

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice

George Eliot

To grow 

When you choose to grow

is it to grow in power?

or simply in wealth?

or only to gain  knowledge?

Or will you choose the better

The real

The lasting

 and grow in your humanity

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr earned the right to say:

An individual has not started living until he can rise above 

the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns 

to the broader concerns of all humanity.

You may not be able to reach out to millions today

But you can reach the person next door

or in the next office

That is being human

and that's poetiquejustis

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2

 

Just a Second...

You can't turn back the clock

but you can wind it up again.

Bonnie Prudden

Time for a change

Time for a new view

Time to stop letting

Time define YOU

Time for a leap

Time for a dance

Time to give you and your life

One more chance

To find the time for some  happiness

In the small moments of each day

Seek peace and pursue it

Before time flies away

and that's poetiquejustis

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 34:14

 

Piece by Piece

Apparently, there is nothing that cannot happen today

Mark Twain

Life can be such a puzzle

The pieces are all there...but where do you begin?

I suppose you first have to give life a frame

Then connect the pieces you have been given

Now,step back and examine

Ah!  There it is...you, your life, and all that you are meant to be!

Puzzle solved!

and that's poetiquejustis

 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, 

who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

James 1:5

 

 

Deeds

Be as you wish to seem.
- Socrates

We spend half of our life trying to figure out who we are

And then the other half trying to be someone else

 

Why not decide who you want to be

 Learn how to be that person

And be that person today?

Truth is when deeds and actions are the same.

So live the truth

And that's poetiquejustis

Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:18

 

Make It Happiness

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

C S Lewis

 People always say you never know what is going to happen

But they sure spend a lot of time trying to figure out what never happened

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 happier!

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

 

And That is How it is Done

 

You've got to outlast yourself

Clint Eastwood

Have you ever felt like just pulling off on to the shoulder of life

Tipping your hat over your eyes and just going to sleep?

Has leaning against a tree and contemplating the clouds forever

 seemed like a good idea?

In other words- do you feel as though your dream has lost its steam?

Not the case at all!

You just needed a rest!

You are just getting going!

You are powering up!

Getting in gear!

Ready to finish the race!

That's how you do it!

and that's poetiquejustis

And let us not grow weary of doing good,

 for in due season we will reap, 

if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9

Be Blessed

All the great blessings of my life 

are present in my thoughts today

Phoebe Cary

Before you sigh:

"I have too much work to do today"

Remember:

and 9.7 million people in our country are unemployed

Before you say

"I have to watch my calories today and not overeat!"

Remember

This is a  world where 842,000,000

do not have enough to eat

Before you complain:

"We have downsized our home"

Remember

 

over 610,000 people are homeless every night

Before you think:

"I have to get up and go to church today"

Remember

There are places where  there are people

dying for their faith.

Just remember

and be blessed

and that's poetiquejustis

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

Deuteronomy 28:6 

 

To Improve is to Change

 

To improve is to change

To perfect is to change often

Winston Churchill

To change a life

To make it better

To make it sing

To make it shine

today -

Make one life change for the better

Start with your own

And then reach out
and change another

That is real change

And that's poetiquejustis

An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, 

and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 18:15