Someone Had to Do It...

 

It all takes doing, and I do

Henry James

Someone built this

Someone wrote this

Someone believed in this 

Someone fought for this

At some point

Someone just did it

And being the someone who does something

is what it takes

And that's poetiquejustis

If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 13:17

You Are Dazzling

 

"Successful" people are the ones who think of things
for the rest of the world to keep busy at

Don Marquis

Keeping the world busy

Keeping the world entertained

Keeping the world in a state of so much

 that we miss the one thing we should
be seeing-

Our own life in living color
 

So, when they try to sell you the old razzle dazzle

click and listen to
your own song

your own heart

your own mind
 to remind yourself of what is REALLY happening

and that's poetiquejustis

        make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:  

^{I Thessalonians 4:11-12}

A Bountiful Harvest

 

An open home

an open heart

Here grows a bountiful harvest

Judy Hand

To plant the seeds of acceptance

To share the earth and  grow together

To produce the fruits of freedom

 that is worth being thankful for

and that's poetiquejustis

We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

Romans 12:5

Clouds in my coffee

 

Bad memories can attach themselves

like barnacles to the hull of our life

Richard Paul Evans

The Mistletoe Promise

They come when you least expect them

As you are falling asleep

As you stare thoughtfully in to a cup of cappuccino

The memories

like clips from a film noir

Where do they come from

Why now, when everything else is calm

Perhaps that is why they come

- because the sea of your soul 

is calm enough for you to hear them

and they must be heard

But you....you can sail on now

and leave them in your wake

and that's poetiquejustis

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; 

And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind."

Isaiah 65:17

Take it all in

 

If we go down in to ourselves

we find that we possess

exactly what we desire

Simone Weil

We are what we take in

We are what we embrace

We are what we believe

We are the one who made those choices

We are exactly what we desire!

And that's poetiquejustis

As a man thinks in his heart

so he is.

Proverbs 23:7

Sometimes, One is Enough

                                                        I am only one, but still I am one. 

                                                             I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; 

and because I cannot do everything, 

I will not refuse to do something that I can do

- Helen Keller

Do all that you can

Whenever you can

take in all of life

As long as you have breath

Deny no truth

Fear no obstacle

Say "yes" to life

and "No" to fear

Helen Keller also said

That worse than being blind

is being without vision

Look ahead!

What do you see?

and that's poetiquejustis

 Where there is no vision, the people perish:

 but he that keeps the law, happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18

Invite the Light

 

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows

Francis of Assisi

A silent prayer

A cheerful thought

A pleasant memory or two

A whimsical plan

A moment of gratitude

All sunbeams in your day

And all there for the asking

and that's poetiquejustis

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
 but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.

Proverbs 17:22

It's An Investment

 

Nothing is worth more than this day

Goethe

What would you trade for today?

Are you selling the day short?

Or are you investing in your dreams?

Are you building a portfolio of good things for tomorrow?

or are you waiting for things to get better on their own?

Take stock of your life

Take stock of your day

Before the sun goes down

and the market called "today"

closes

and that's poetiquejustis

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," 

Hebrews 3:13

You Are What You Choose

 

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice

George Eliot

When I woke up this morning, I saw a message on my phone from a friend that said:

"we all live in the world we choose to live in"

Ultimately, that is true as we create our inner reality

making the best of the outer circumstances

I have an asparagus fern that reminds me of that daily

That poor old guy has followed me around for many years

Getting thrown in the back of the car every time we move with the rest of his buddies

Sometimes he lives in sun

Sometimes he lives in shadow

But he keeps being green and makes the best of whatever light he has

Living and growing with the choices that have been made

George Moore said 

The difficulty in life is the choice

Today, choose to make the best of what you have

....of who you are 

Choose the light

and you will grow

and that's poetiquejustis

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12