Swivel and Pivot

 

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair

General Patton

I am not sure agree

  I have this swivel chair inside my head.

It looks a lot like the one I have in my living room

It is big, and comfy, and does a complete 360.

I have found that the one in my head, much like the one in my home

Allows me to see things from different points of view.

 It helps me to understand

now let's swivel!

and that's poetiquejustis

                                  Then He opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
                                                                              Luke 24:45

Starting right

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast

John Gunther

It used to be this

Or at the very least this

Now it is this

Or this

Or this

You may not have a lot of choices in your work day

But you sure should be able to make a good choice

about where it begins

Carve out a few moments of peace

to start your day

It is the first step in being in control of your life

and that's poetiquejustis

.....but in the morning there is joy.
Psalm 30:5

 

Forgive and Forget

I fling my past behind me like a robe.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You shall not hold me back

You shall not hold me down

You shall become the steps beneath my feet 

To an ever brighter day

You will be silent about my failures

Yet ever cheering me on

Past, I appreciate all we have been through

But, moving on now-

I've got this. 

And that's poetiquejustis 

 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Mark 11:25

 

Out of the Ordinary

 

A man can stand anything 

except a succession of ordinary days

Goethe

I am not a big fan of the ordinary

I prefer houses that have some style

Clothes that make me feel like Diane Keaton

and food that speaks of faraway places

I was looking at some flowers today

noticing how unique they were

                                                                      even in a crowd

Lou Holtz was right when he said:

"I cannot believe God put us 

on earth to be ordinary"

Neither do I.

and that's poetiquejustis

                     Do not be conformed to this world,

  but be transformed by the renewal of your mind

Romans 12:2

Invincible

 

In the depth of winter, I finally learned

that there was in me

an invincible summer

Albert Camus

In the seasons of pain

In the months of disappointment

In the hours of uncertainty

 We all have within us

 an invincible self

if only we will let it

shine

and that's poetiquejustis

let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds 

and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

As The World Spins

 

Let the great world spin forever

down the ringing grooves of change

Tennyson

When did a lie become glorified as "spin"?

Where were we when people started being hired

Promoted

Applauded 

For turning the truth 

in to a lie?

Anyone can put a spin on things

anyone

 

But it is only the brave 

who believe in truth

and its better outcome

after they clean up the mess

left behind by the "spin" 

and the world can once more revolve

and that's poetiquejustis

The LORD detests lying lips, 

but He delights in people who are trustworthy.

Proverbs 12:22

Ready or Not

The readiness is all

William Shakespeare

The day dawns and life happens

That is all there is to it

Or is it?

Why does it happen to some people in a more orderly fashion than others?

There is no escaping it-

It is planning.

If not for the next five years

0r even the next five days

then the next five hours

Know where you want to be

Know what you have to do to get where you want to be

Write it down

and do it.

"But things change"

So they do...

But having to maneuver a detour

 is far better

Than having to keep planning the trip as you go

and finding

and that's poetiquejustis

May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalm 20:4