A Certain Familiar Majesty

 

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty

R W Emerson

It flutters by

A thought

Intuition?

 Your destiny?

Why did you not reach out to it?

Take flight with it?

Do not despair

Watch  and  Listen    

It will light again

And this time you will be ready!

and that's poetiquejustis 

                                       But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
                   Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
                                                                      James 2:18

Own It

What is coming will come 

and we will meet it when it does

J K Rowling

Goblet of Fire

Taking a chance

Taking it on

 fighting back

 owning it

Knowing the risk

Bringing it home

and that's poetiquejustis

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

 

Keep Pedaling!

 

Life is like a bicycle. 

You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

Claude Pepper

Keep moving

One more peak

One more valley

One more horizon

And then another

And another

That's it- you've got it!

Life is all ahead of you

as long as you just keep moving

and that's poetiquejustis

The righteous keep moving forward,
    and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

Job 17:9 

A Taste for Life

 

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life

Thoreau

Too small a sip and 

and life will not satisfy

Too large a gulp

and life becomes too hard to swallow

Too bitter the brew 

and you may lose your taste for living

Each day

Fill your own cup

even if it is from the rain of sadness and joy

and drink to life in whatever way you can

and that's poetiquejustis

Fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain
Proverbs 14:27

Joy!

 

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

Shakespeare

The great actress Rosalind Russel:

She was challenging us to finish what life puts on our plate

To  taste new ideas

maybe stop nibbling at life

and stop letting life nibble at you

Life is a banquet

And you have a seat at the table.

And that's poetiquejustis

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Psalm 23:5

Taking A Quack At Life

Just tell yourself, Duckie, 

you're really quite lucky!

Dr Seuss

So, sometimes you just feel different and you don't know why

and there are days when no matter what you do

you get stuck in the tall grass and cannot get going!

and there are those days when it feels as though no one is listening

but other days

 you know someone cares

 Someone is there to show you the way home

 and you just know you belong!

so all, in all, Duckie,

you really ARE quite lucky

and that's poetiquejustis

                                  For I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
                                                                  Philippians 4:11

 

Live and Learn

 

We are not what we know

but what we are willing to learn

Mary Catherine Bateson

We do not need to believe everything we hear

But we need to be willing to listen

We do not even have to believe our eyes

But we should never turn away

We do not have to accept what others say

But we do have to respect their right to say it

Being willing to learn 

is being willing to live

and that's poetiquejustis

Proverbs 1:5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Old Sweet Song

 

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Ronald Regan

A foot on the floor

A moment  to pray

Pack a kind thought for others 

And you are off on your day

An honest day's work

A little bit learned

then you lay down your head

For the rest that you've earned

and that's poetiquejustis

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business

 and to work with your hands

I Thessalonians 4:11