Where to begin

"Genius is mainly an affair of energy"  Matthew Arnold

Pick up your feet

Pick up the beat

Give it some

Turn up the heat

You don't have to hurry

You don't have to spin

Just keep moving forward

Take a deep breath- Begin!

and that's poetiquejustis

 Do not despise these small beginnings,

 for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin

Zechariah 4:10

Action Item

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings

in to actions

Madame de Stael 

Feeling sorry for the family without a home?

Action item

Worrying about the folks with no food?

 Action item

Concerned about the youth in your community?

Action item

Thomas Jefferson said:

Do you want to know who you are?

Don't ask

Act!

Actions will define you. 

and that's poetiquejustis

Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.
If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?

James 2:15-16

Ideally

Look with favor upon a bold beginning

Virgil

Bring out the confetti

The Trumpets 

The horn

Bring out the chorus

An idea has been born!

Shout welcome and praises

Cast out doubt

Cast out scorn

Bring on jubiliation

An idea has been born!

And it is yours!

And that is poetiquejustis

Behold, I am doing a new thing

Isaiah 43:19

Let Me Get This Straight

Your first job is to get your own story straight.
Natalie Goldberg

Straightening things up

Straightening things out

So busy getting things straight

It is easy to forget where you are going

Today- head straight for a moment of quiet

and get your story straight

 

And that's poetiquejustis

Carefully consider the path for your feet, 

and all your ways will be established.

Proverbs 4:26

Reflection

Only the still pool reflects the stars

Chinese Proverb

What are your reflecting?

The rush?

The clamor?

The never ending cycle ?

Here is a thought:

Once in a while

Give up the need for speed

 

And be your own reflection

And that's poetiquejustis

Seek peace and pursue it

Psalm 34:14

Unseen Victories

The real moment of success 

is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

George Bernard Shaw

The time you did not strike back 

The dieting day when you did not give in

The time you put yourself out

The times you put others first

Those times that no one saw but meant so much

Those are your biggest victories

And they can happen every day

And that's poetiquejustis

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:34

At Any Given Moment

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist

Hegel

"Wake up in the morning and stumble to the kitchen, 

pour myself a cup of ambition

yawn and stretch and try to come alive"-

Remember that old song from the movie "9-5"

We all can relate to the time we start to wake up

But when in the day do we REALLY wake up?

And what does that world look like?

What does it take?

 ah...Got it...but you are wasting a lot of living

waiting for the day to end

Today- don't just get out of bed-

wake up!

Today - all of it!- is ahead of you

and

all of it is going to be an adventure that you will not want to miss
but you have to really be awake for that.

and that's poetiquejustis

I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, 

more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 130:6