In Praise of Kindly Truth

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Isaac Newton

Some things just have to be said

You do not want to say them

so you look around the room...

You look around the world!

You look around the universe!

 for somebody- anybody!

To say what has to be said.

No one.

It looks like it has to be you

 So, you go for it

you know there has to be a way to say this without hurting 

Because all you want to do is help

But how do you say what needs to be said ....and not be ....well...mean

Remember the words of Tennessee Williams?

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

That's not you!

But the truth hurts, right?

Only if you make it hurt

Try a little a sugar with that lemon

In fact,

Heap on the sugar

 

Just put in the lemon for zest

You don’t have to water it down

Just mix it up a bit...

And that’s poetiquejustis

Speak the truth in love….

Ephesians 4:15

Give Me A Reason

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason

Novalis

A world of concrete

Of glass and chrome

Of screens and gadgets

 

Where is the poetry?

Where are the lyrical moments?

They are still in you

but you have to

Set it free

and that's poetiquejustis

In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and He answered by setting me free.

Psalm 118:5 

A Royal Reminder

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; 

And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Louisa May Alcott

I was reminded to mind my manners

I was reminded to mind the time

 

I was reminded to

 I just wish someone had reminded me to mind my mind!

 

But I am positive....it is never too late to REmind yourself

and that is poetiquejustis

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts

Psalm 84:1 

Look At It This Way....

"We can only see a short distance ahead 

but we can see plenty that needs to be done."

Alan Turing 

There are times when being short-sigted is good

When we are always looking at

We can miss what is right before our eyes

And there is so much there to see

Thougts to be shared

Friends to be made

Someone who needs your kindness

 

 

And it is all right there

 

Right in front of your eyes

And that's poetiquejustis

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others  

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus 

Phillipians2: 4-5

The Blessings of the Blank Mind

What happens to me when I'm provoked is that I get tongue-tied and my mind goes blank.

Kathleen in You've Got Mail 

Ah... how I envy Kathleen

Blessedly at  a loss for words!

When I am provoked, my mind fills up

like a lagoon at high tide,
 leaving only little islands of higher ground to which I wish I would flee!

When am I going to get it?

If someone throws a line

and you take the bait

 you are cooked!

But let it go by...maybe even throw in a kind word

and you both live to swim another day

and that's poetiquejustis

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

1 Corinthians 13:5

What's Behind the Genius?

Genius is mainly an affair of energy.

Matthew Arnold

Train in the station

Train on a roll

Plane on the tarmack

Plane in the sky

You getting nowhere

You moving on

Energy

It's genius!

and that's poetiquejustis

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Hebrews 1:21

What's the Deal?

If things don't go fantastically

you just have to deal with it

Anton Du Beke

Don't like the ways things are going?

Shuffle up your life a bit

Plans not working out?

     Find that ace up your sleeve!

   Thinking about getting out of the game?

                                                  Hang in there!
                                 Because you just never know
                              what life is going to deal you next!

                                   and that's poetiquejustis

                                                                   
              Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
                                                               Romans 12:12