Staying the Course

Art is never finished only abandoned

Leonardo DaVinci

The project undone

The song never written

The book without a title

The fence not quite painted

What happened?

What got in the way?

Oh wait-

I remember

Life!

 ain't it grand?

and that's poetiquejustis

To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:1

 

Whenever Possible

Be kind whenever possible 

It is always possible

Dalai Lama

Bend a little- and you will rise

Give a little- and you will gain

Lose a little- and you will find far more

Put yourself out and you will draw others in

and that's poetiquejustis

 

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Luke 6:35

 

Refusing to Fade

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes 

seem more energetic.

Antonio Gaudi

There are days when you can feel that you are fading

Simply blending in to the background of life

and other people's agendas

A dot on life's illustrated version

 

No!

Refuse to fade!

 Leave the shadows behind

 

 

Find your place in the sun

Find your light

and shine

and that's poetiquejustis

And God said: Let there be light, and there was light.

Genesis 1:3

 

What Do You See?

Of all the blessings set before you, make your choice and be content.

Samuel Johnson

Life is not what is happening- it is what you see is happening

*

There is magic in every moment

 *

If you will just reach out and find it

Remember when the magic was everywhere?

 *

It still is, you know

If you do not pretend to be too grown up

 *

To see it

Today....let yourself see the magic

 *

and that's poetiquejustis

And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children,

 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3

*art by Fiona Phillips 

 

What Will You Do?

When we put a limit on what we will do

we put a limit on what we can  do

Charles Schwab

If you had a dollar

for all the things you do not do because

just because those are things you

 "just don't do"

or never have

becaue they seem too hard

or uncomfortable

If you had a dollar for all the times you said no

to a new idea

or a new way of doing things

because it was just not how you have always done it

tell me

if you had a dollar for all those times you put limits on yourself

just how rich would you be?

 Perhaps more importantly:

how much richer would your life be if you had said "yes" to stretching your limits?

and that's poetiquejustis

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Isaiah 43:19

 

The Greater Expectation

Life's given me no reason to expect the worst

Dean Koontz

The City

You are still here, right?

and the world is still turning?

You are putting one thought next to the other, right?

Forging ahead from breath to breath?

Then why that suspicious look 

as you peek around the corner where  today meets your tomorrow?

If I were life, I would be pretty insulted.

just sayin'...

 

and that's poetiquejustis

Be strong and courageous. 

Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

Deuteronomy 31:6

 

Maybe A Little Invincible After All

 

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

Revising Life

"It is never too late in fiction or in life

to revise." Nancy Thayer

Do not like the "prose"

(or the cons!)

Edit your life

Don't like the way you are headed?

Revise your plan

Do not like the way things are turning out?

then start  right where you are

and 

 because

It is never too late

for lots of

 and that's poetiquejustis

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

Psalm 34:14