Brushstrokes

 

Artists don't retire.

Julia Cameron

Every day, you are adding brushstrokes

to the canvas of your life

You are filling in the empty spots

And giving depth to your surroundings

You are the artist of your life

And to today, there is a  stoke of genius that only you can apply

and that's poetiquejustis

 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
Psalm 139:14

Not Knowing What You Cannot Do- That's A Good Thing

 

Thank goodness my education was neglected

Beatrix Potter

No one told Ms. Potter 

that she had to be trained to draw

so she produced art

No one told her that she 

did not know how to publish a book

So she did- again and again and again

Where would we be had

Ms. Beatrix Potter 

listened to the voices saying

"you can't do that"

Where will you be

if you do?

Living- it's an art.

and that's poetiquejustis

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, 

but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do 

and think. 

Then you will learn from your own experience how His ways 

will really satisfy you.

Romans 12:2

You Are Possible

Don't ever tell me that something is impossible

Will Smith

I am Italian

Stubborn is in my DNA

So I will make a deal with you

I will not tell you something you want to do is impossible

If you don't tell me something I want to do is impossible
 

is that possible?

Sure it is!

and that's poetiquejustis

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Matthew 19:26

 

Swept Away

The thing to do is grab the broom

and drive off the beast of fear
N.Houston

Get busy

Get moving

Get some miles under your feet

and some sky in front of your nose

That is how you put the fear behind you

and that's poetiquejustis
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

 

It's Your Song

 

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer

Walter Savage Landor

Singing alone

Singing a  duet

in a choir

Or out on a limb

It does not matter! 

If you have a deam

live it!

and if you have a song- sing it
 

Because somewhere inside of us all

there is a dream waiting to take flight

and a song

waiting to be free

and that's poetiquejustis

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. 

Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

Psalm 40:3

It's A Date

 

I have an appointment with Spring

H D Thoreau

I have appointment with new ideas...

And a fresh breeze of enthusiasm

A plan

I have a date with today

I have tomorrow in my sights

I have an appointment with

my Spring

You really should get up

and start looking for yours!

and that's poetiquejustis

For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. 

Song of Solomon 2:11-12

It's Magic!

 

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Don't be afraid

 Follow your heart

Paint your world with all those things that only your heart knows are real

Illustrate your life

With the illusions of your heart

And your life will be real

And your life will be art

and that's poetiquejustis

I Corinthians 2:9 

But as it is written: 

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, 

Nor have entered into the heart of man 

The things which God has prepared

 for those who love Him".

Your Melody and Yours Alone

 

You can't change the music of your soul

Katherine Hepburn

You can change your hair

You can change your name

You can even change your  car

But the melody

That makes your heart sing

Will always be

Who you really are

Today...find your melody....

It is within you

and that's poetiquejustis

 Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord

Ephesians 5:19