Invincible

 

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

It's News to Me

 

See as much as you ought not as much as you can.

Montaigne

When the 24-hour news cycle has become

a form of life support

It is time to get a life

When the first app you reach for in the morning

is 

It is time to break the habit.

Take a moment to breathe

To be kind to yourself and others

To just BE

Then you can see what you ought

and be who you need to be

and that's poetiquejustis

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

Easy Does It

 

When men are easy in their circumstances,
 they are natural enemies to innovation

Joseph Addison

I hope you are enjoying life

I really do

But I hope you are not too comfortable

Oh no!   That will never do!

Too comfy to turn the corner?

Too placid to round the bend?

Too laid back to write but two more words:

Here it comes!

"The end"

Oh no!  That will never do!

Up at at 'em!

and that's poetiquejustis

 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2 

A note from the author: Polar bears have been on the endangered species list since 2008

Daring Thoughts

 

And what he greatly thought

he nobly dared.

Homer

 It would be nice if we could spend all  our day

adding to the scholarly body of knowledge

and the betterment of mankind

but as it happens-

We all have things that must be done

The milk and bread must be bought

The gas tank filled

The lawn mowed

and yet all thoughts, all deeds, all those moments of life

no matter how seemingly mundane

 

can still be called great and noble

when we give them our very best

and that is poetiquejustis

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, 

it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:13

Settling In

 

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Oppenheim

Wander and seek

Reach and yearn

Seek the world over

but someday you will learn

That the place you will be happiest

 is the place to which you can return

Theresa of Avila said

All things must come to the soul from its roots

from where it is planted

and that's poetiquejustis

"They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. 

It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

Jeremiah 17:8

Seeking

 

One knows what one has lost

but not what one might find.

George Sands

We can lose sight of things

Buried in the mountain of day to day

Friends slip away

Memories fade

Perhaps you will find them again

Or perhaps they have just moved aside a bit

To make room in your heart

for today

And that's poetiquejustis

  Let me see your kindness to me in the morning, for I am trusting you.

Psalm 143:8

Stepping Up

 

One may walk over the highest mountain 

one step at a time

John Wanamaker

John Wanamaker bought an abandoned railway station 

and built a department store

When no one really knew what a department store was

He found a mountain and climbed it

One step at a time

Andrew Carnegie started as a poor immigrant

who operated the telegraph

He turned his dreams in to steel

and his fortune in to libraries for the country

He climbed his mountain

one step at a time

Take a step

and then another

and then another 

and before your know it

You will have reached the the other side of a mountain

that you did not even know was there

and you did it-

one step at a time. 

And that's poetiquejustis

"Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them."

Mark 11:23

 

Melodious

 

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