The Number of Days

 

How we spend our days 

is of course how we spend our lives

Annie Dillard

                                                                         Time is a gift

Not to be spent on the  trivial and the contrived

Those meaningless projects whose only purpose is self-perpetuation.

The inconsequential

  that never reaches for that which truly matters

To quote Alice:

Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people.  
The Cat: Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
Alice: How do you know I'm mad?
The Cat: You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.

That is a real possibility

and that's poetiquejustis

 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12

Fancy That!

 

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.

John Lyly

 

 

 

The phrase "to fancy" entered our vocabulary in the middle 15th century deriving from the Middle English word "fantasie', borrowed from the old french fantasie and before that the Latin phantasia meaning imagination

 

 

What do you fancy?

What makes your eyes shine

And your heart sing

Your soul soar?

When you are window shopping in life

what do you fancy?

 

What makes you leap in to the day

And keep moving forward?

 

What do you fancy?

I hope the list is very long because those are the places 

where you touch the heart of life

  And it touches you

and that's poetiquejustis

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good...

Luke 6:45

Let The Pie Fly

 

Bread cast upon the waters is much more nourishing and wholesome
than pie in the sky

Melvin Jones.

Maybe...but what if you give that pie a chance to fly?

Dreaming big dreams!

Making even bigger plans!

 

Taking even BIGGER action

Because no idea is half baked if you put enough YOU in to the recipe.

Then, throw that pie up in to the sky

And give it some wings!

and that's poetiquejustis

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for 

and certain of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:1

Sound Off!

 

The human race has only one real effective weapon 

and that is laughter.

Mark Twain

The sound of rain on the roof while you sit before a fire

The sound of someone cooking in the kitchen

when you know the meal is for you

The sound of birds when Spring has finally returned

The sound of children's voices raised in song

The sound of truth when it falls upon your ears
and tears away the lies.

When there seems to be nothing but noise and clambering

coming at you from every direction

These are the sounds that you must hold inside your heart...

and never forget 

                                                  the laughter

And that's poetiquejustis

Worry weighs us down;
    a cheerful word picks us up.

Proverbs 12:25

Through It All

 

One small crack does not mean you are broken-

it means you were put to the test and did not fall apart.

Linda Pointdexter

 

I am a junk store junky

I like to rescue things

The lone cup

The overly-loved bear

 

The book perhaps only the author read

 

They were all someone's creative dream

 

Perhaps I believe that by giving them a home

 

I can celebrate that they- and I- have made it through it all.

And that's poetiquejustis

 

 

 

 

Baby, It's Cold Outside

 

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me
 an invincible summer

Albert Camus

When we are surrounded by darkness 

we learn to appreciate the light

When we are utterly alone

We may long for the friendships we let slip away

And it is in our travels that we turn our heart towards home

   Author Barbara DeAngelis said:
"Difficult times always create opportunities
for you to experience more love in your life"

In the wintry days of the soul
Look for the love...look to the light....
and you find your own invincible summer
and that's poetiquejustis

 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Lightly

 

Love must be a light 

as much as it is a flame

Thoreau

Love should see us through the dark times

It must be a light

Love should fuel our dreams

It must be a flame

In the words of Edna St Vincent Millay: 

My candle burns at both end

It will not last the night;

but ah, my foes

and ah my friends

It gives a lovely light

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

The Finer Seed

 

I ask not for a larger garden but for finer seeds.

Russell Herman Cornwell

A patch of life

Filled with grace

And humor

And love

Is worth far more than an acre

if it brings forth joy

and that's poetiquejustis

Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. 

Jeremiah 29:5