Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart

 I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand

Simon and Garfunkle, Bleeker Street

I saw an older couple walking down the street holding hands

There was such a connection

memories passing through the touch of one hand to another

Without a word

Just holding hands

Kids holding hands,

sharing  all that is new

Without a word....just holding hands and understanding

Hopes that pass from one hand to another

Strength that is given to the  hand that is held for the very first time

Holding hands keeps you from drifting away

Today

Hold someone's hand

Even if it is your own

Until you find

A Friend

and that's poetiquejustis

For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 

“Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”  

Isaiah 41:13

It's What You Make of It

“Happiness is an attitude. 

We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. 

The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler

Take each day in your hands 

And decide what it will look like when you see it from tomorrw

How did you touch the day- and how did the day touch you?

The moments of life- large and small

 

What did you make of it?

If you touch it- you shape it

and it is part of you forever

So, what are you going to make of life

today?

And that's poetiquejustis

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves

2 Corinthians 4:7

 

Valued

Until you value yourself, you will not value your time

Until you value your time, you will do nothing
M Scott Peck

Days have a way of following each other

So predictable

One sunrise joins another

One commute follows the next

Another meal

Another day

One after another

so easy to just let it all slip away

with all the talk we hear about values

We really should be more aware of what and who is valuable

and that's poetiquejustis

The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

Zephaniah 3:17

Life in a Flash

Setting the world on fire comes with risks.

S. B. Breathnach

Scorched earth- scorched soul

If you travel at the speed of light

Something is going to get singed. 

You miss the sounds

You miss the sights

you blast right by what could matter most

And once you get where you thought you wanted to go

 You may find you are all alone

And that's poetiquejustis

"Slow down. Take a deep breath. What's the hurry? Why wear yourself out? Just what are you after anyway? Jeremiah 2:25

All The Good That's In You

Do good: as we have time, and opportunity.

John Wesley

There are always ways to to good

A word

A smile

The size of the gesture does not matter

And it matters less if anyone sees it

What matters is that you saw that opportunity

to help

And because you did, you are more alive than you were before

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Proverbs 3:27

 

 

In light of This

As we let our own light shine, 

we unconsciously give other people

permission to the same.

Nelson Mandela

Light the path for another

and yours becomes more clear

Lead a brother out of darkness

And you will both see far and near

Fill your eyes and heart with laughter

For that's the light from above

Give light to this dark and waning day

and you give hope, and joy, and love

and that's poetiquejustis 

 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.   

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

 Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 

 In the same way, let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16 

 

Signs

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Samuel Johnson

Ideas live behind the words

Like the king behind the castle wall

Words herald its approach

But can never really express the majesty 

The grandeur

The mystery

Of the new idea

and that's poetiquejustis

Be you transformed by the renewing of your mind

Romans 12:2