Making Room

Get rid of everything except your loves.

Voltaire

Old clothes

Old hats

Old cars

Old food

Old Grudges

Old disappointments

Let them go

and make room

for the beauty that life has ready to bloom!

and that's poetiquejustis

Isaiah 43:19

Please, Take One

One person working toward a dream is worth 99 people just working.
- Lani Kraus, writer

To feed the hungry

To shelter the homeless

To protect the unprotected

To make the world a better place because you were here

Dreams for the taking

and make it work

And that's poetiquejustis

 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, 

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Drawing the Curtain

 

If a window of opportunity appears, 

 

don't pull down the shade.  

Tom Peters

Remember when life was about the newness of it all?

When the sky was the limit

And it was always within reach?

The windows are still there

Opportunity is still waiting....Just draw back the curtains that time has put in place and you will see!

Jon Bon Jovi said

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

and that's poetiquejustis

Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage 

and let your heart be stout and enduring. 

Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.

Psalm 27:4

Leave the stress- take the cannoli

You usually have to wait for what is worth waiting for

Craig Bruce

I come from a big Italian family where there were lots of big Italian meals

And those meals almost always included lasagna

There is a point to my telling you that

After dinner, the women would clear the dishes

And march off to the kitchen to wash up and gossip

The china and crystal never went in the dishwasher

So it was quite a task

We would chatter and laugh and sing

But lurking in the back of our minds was that lasagna

And the pan it baked in

If it had to be washed, the cannoli and coffee would be a good twenty minutes away yet

Finally, all that was left was the pan.

Mom would eye it speculatively, and we would hold our breath

"Let is soak!" she would declare with all the authority a 4'11 Italian woman can summon- 

which is quite a bit

and we would all breathe a sigh of relief and sit down to cannoli and coffee

Today, when you get that over the top email

Or you are ready to fire back at some nonsense sent your way

"let it soak"..... 

or in other words:  leave the stress

and take the cannoli

and that's poetiquejustis

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

You are a Shoe In

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Robert Service

Shoes.....

 

shoes that someone is always trying to fill

shoes that may seen too much

shoes with that want to see it all

Shoes upon which a dream is built

heights are reached

and miles are covered.

shoes

 

 Just let them take you where you want to go!

and that's poetiquejustis

For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.

Ephesians 6:15

Sail Away

Never be in a hurry, do everything in a  calm spirit. 

Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever

Even if your whole world seems upset

Saint Frances de Sales

Choose life's ocean that you will sail upon

and then be prepared for the calm

and the storm

for the waves

and the glassy sea

and then

simply sail

and that' s poetiquejustis

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,  

“Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm

Mark 4:39

Let's Try That Again

The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke

W J Camero

That one last spin of the dial for the salesperson

That one more crack at the books for a student

That extra hour of practice

That last read through to edit

That extra moment of prayer

Those efforts can make all the difference

And that is poetiquejustis

Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

Psalm 27:14