Principled

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice

George Eliot

To grow 

When you choose to grow

is it to grow in power?

or simply in wealth?

or only to gain  knowledge?

Or will you choose the better

The real

The lasting

 and grow in your humanity

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr earned the right to say:

An individual has not started living until he can rise above 

the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns 

to the broader concerns of all humanity.

You may not be able to reach out to millions today

But you can reach the person next door

or in the next office

That is being human

and that's poetiquejustis

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

Galatians 6:2

The Many Roads

If the path be beautiful let us not ask where it leads

Anatole France

And if the road gets long and steep

Let us know we will be stronger at the end

If the dreams do not come true

Let us be grateful that we can dream again

In fact, let us just be grateful

For life

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

Psalm 31:24 

Why Should I Not?

Why should I not sit, every morning of my life, 

on a hillside looking in to a shining world?

Mary Oliver

Today, I choose to see only the good

I choose only to hear the joyful

I choose only to speak of peace

I choose to create a shining world that I will look in to 

From there I will reach out to those who sit in the darkness

And I will bring light 

and not let the darkness prevail

and that's poetiquejustis

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a lampstand, and it gives light to everyone in the house  

Matthew 5:14

Designing People

The soul without imagination

is like an observatory without a telescope

Henry Ward Beecher

You cannot grow when your world

is inside the four walls of your mind

Look up

Beyond yourself

Look out

And embrace the new and the wondrous

                                         

 Because the wonder of it all is

                                           

That.when you  have looked beyond yourself

                                                

You can help others see the their wonders as well

-and suddenly-

-Without even realizing it-

You  have become

Who you  really are

 That is wondrous!

and that's poetiquejustis

 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?

1 John 3:17

Here's the Trick

Youth is a circumstance you  cannot do anything about

The trick is to grow up without growing old

Frank Lloyd Wright

 It really is not much of a trick, actually

All it takes is a sense of humor

Seeing life as the wonder it is

And knowing that every day of living still holds 

fantastic joy and surprises

 if you are only willing to say the magic words

"Abbracadabra.....I love life!"

 and that's poetiquejustis

 

Always be joyful.
I Thessalonians 5:16

You've Got This!

You have dreams in your heart

And the sun in the sky

You can do anything

If you give it a try

It may not come out looking the way you hand planned

But life has much more magic

When it's done on demand!

and that's poetiquejustis

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; 
Psalm 37:23

Focus

He did each thing as if he did nothing else

spoken of Charles Dickens

When did we become so enamored with mulitasking?

when did it become a virtue

not to be able to focus on one thing at a time?

We talk about the importance of living in the moment

 but then we stuff the moment until it is about to burst

 one moment at a time
one thought at a time
one blessing at a time

that is the rhythm   that is the music
and that is poetiquejustis

And the world is passing away along with its desires,
but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
1 John 2:17