At The Gate

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Agatha Christie

Neck and neck

Pulling ahead ahead

Lagging behind

Where's the fire?

What's the hurry?

Once you are out of the gate

 

Just enjoy the journey!

 But you have to get started 

so just make sure

 you are out of the gate...

Bravo!
You are on your way!
and that's poetiquejustis

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:1

In So Many Words

No duty is greater than that of returning thanks

St Ambrose

Thank you

Grazie

Gracias

спасибо (spasibo)

 

 Asante

 

  Merci

  Now didn't that feel good?

and that's poetiquejustis

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, 

to which indeed you were called in one body. 

And be thankful. 

Colossians 3:15

Road Trip

The readiness is all

William Shakespeare

The day dawns and life happens

That is all there is to it

Or is it?

Why does it happen to some people in a more orderly fashion than others?

There is no escaping it-

It is planning.

If not for the next five years

0r even the next five days

then the next five hours

Know where you want to be

Know what you have to do to get where you want to be

Write it down

and do it.

"But things change"

So they do...

But having to maneuver a detour

 is far better

Than having to keep planning the trip as you go

and finding

and that's poetiquejustis

May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalm 20:4

Note by Note

I hear the trumpets of the morning blowing

H W Longfellow

Play the day- no matter what you see coming your way

Play the day

Play it like you mean it

Put your soul in to it

Put your heart in to it

Breathe life in to it

No matter where you are or who the world tells you that you are

Play the day

For as long as you can

and that's poetiquejustis

 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.

I Corinthians 15:52

The Legend of the Grump

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly.

 It was an important lesson about leadership.

Lee Iaccoca

There is a man I would see when I went walking

He was probably in his 80's

and a bit of a grump

For one solid year,

My dog and I  said hello and smiled whenever we saw him

No response

But we would not give up

He grumped right by us every day 

And we just kept giving him a big hello

(or a friendly wag in my dog's case) 

The other day,

 he just gave up

 he smiled!

He said good morning!

It felt like Christmas!

I believe that inside every grump

there is a smile waiting to come out

Go! Find a grump

The give him a reason to smile!

 

and that's poetiquejustis

A cheerful heart is a good medicine

Proverbs 17:22

Let's Communicate-Really

Communicate a sense of admiration, of wonder, of trust

Sylvia Shaw Judson

I read a line in a Dick Francis book that stuck with me

"All around her was an island of peace."

What does the "island" around you look like?

Is it cluttered with the fruit of bitterness?

or the fruit of love and kindness for the picking?

Is it litetred with angry thoughts and memories?

or have you captured the glow of  joy?

Has your soul become overgrown with fear and suspicion?

or is it a place of order and calm?

What messages are you sending from the island of your life?

 

When people sail near, 

do they fear the rocky shores 

or are they grateful for the safe haven?

It is your island

Make it a peaceful place to dwell  and visit

a place of comfort for yourself and others  

The world really could use that right now

 and that's poetiquejustis

                                                   Do all that you an to 
                                                 live in peace with everyone.
                                                                        Romans 12:18