Rise

Human Nature is what we were put on this earth

to rise above

Katherine Hepburn in The African Queen

the journey

That which we understand

 and that which we never will

It is always best to rise above that which would

hold you back

and that's poetiquejustis

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Colossians 3:2

 

From the Bottom Up

 

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs

but how high he bounces when he hits bottom

George Patton

Ups 

and downs

Over 

or  out

In the money 

or in the soup

Top of the heap

Bottom of the pile

It doesn't really matter

What matters is what happens next

And that's poetiquejustis

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining
 toward what is ahead

Philippians 3:13

Keep It Calm

 

Few situations can be bettered by going berserk.

Melody Beattie

Control yourself

or you are going to leave a real mess behind you

and there is bound to be someone who is going to want to take you down

can you blame them?

Discipline yourself

We all may have a "hulk" inside of us somewhere

just make sure your better self

is out in front

and that's poetiquejustis

A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

Proverbs 25:28

Pursue, Persist, Produce

 

The secret of getting things done is to act

Dante Alighieri

And he should know

The man wrote a 14,000 verse poem

Whether you are a fan of the Divine Comedy or not

You have to admire that type of persistence

and the fact that he picked up a pen and began!

What is your "Divine Comedy"

What has you Pursue, Persist, Produce?

Today- act!

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not despise these small beginnings, 

for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin

Zechariah 4:10 

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

Handling Life

 With our hands, we put our heart, spirit and thought in to action
Alexandra Stoddard

Hands....

They give

and

They receive

They hold on

and they let go

They create

and the destroy

They say so much about who we are

Jewel sang:

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
I am never broken.....

We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart

Today, give some thought to the  life of your hands

then give your hands over to living!

and that's poetiquejustis

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Making Room

 

And all the windows of my heart 

I open to the day

John Greenleaf Whittier

The sunshine of smiles

The mist of tears

The winds of change

The fog of sadness

The chill of pain

The warmth of love

Make a room in your heart for all

And welcome each as a friend

They are all a part of living

and that's poetiquejustis 

 .... for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

Philippians 4:11

Just a Moment

Character develops in quiet places

Goethe

                                                 May you have a moment- just a moment

To breathe

To sit and listen to ...nothing

May you have just a moment to stop the spinning and the winning

Even the sharing and the caring

How fast life is!

                                                         Today, I hope you take a moment

and make it your own.

and that's poetiquejustis

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. 

Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

John 14:27

 

Here and There

I learn by going where I have to go

Theodore Roethke

Liz Lemon's famous line:
"I want to go to there"

yea...Well...

I do not always want to go to "there"

Not all "theres" are created equal, you know.

Down painful roads

Joyous paths

In to the future

Out of the past

and yet I go

and 

I learn

by going where I have to go

and that's poetiquejustis

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 

Psalm 119:10

 

Make a Splash

 

Some people walk in the rain

 Others just get wet.

Roger Miller

Someone been raining on your parade?

Throwing cold water on your dreams?

Here is your chance!

Make a splash!

Let it rain!

soak it up!

 soak it in!

wring every last drop out of life

and then dance

between the raindrops

and that's poetiquejustis

In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. 

For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, 

and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

Matthew 5:45