Boxed In

You can have it all. 

Just not all at once.

Oprah Winfrey

A little bit of this

A little bit of that

A little bit here

And maybe just a little bit here

and before  you know it

and that's poetiquejustis

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven

Matthew 6:19

A Little Squirrely Can Be Good

The revelry alone will do

Emily Dickinson

Some of us just now how to have a good time

To keep the party going even when things get rough

Because the party is all in their head

They hang in there

and watch with some amusement

What they cannot figure out

Is why you let things get you down

I mean- with all the good things all around you

That's kind of nuts, don't you think?

and that's poetiquejustis

All the days of the afflicted are bad,
but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:15

 

With Very Little

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Peter Marshall

Plant one flower

if you cannot plant a field

and you will learn how to grow

Hum a few notes

If you cannot sing a cantata

and your heart will learn to sing

Enjoy the moment

Because moments add up to a life

Little things

are big things 

if you do them

and that's poetiquejustis

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much"

Luke 16:10

Cheering Yourself On

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Montaigne

I knew a woman who used to prod people toward good cheer by saying:

"Don't let your chickens get ya."

This came from the day when the ladies left for church

And forgot to turn on the oven to cook the Sunday dinner

After church- no dinner- and a hungry family

And there were no "take out" places in the hills of Virginia 

Unruffled

They made sandwiches

and went on a picnic

Today, you may not get everything done you wanted to get done

Don't let your chickens get you

Today, the news may want to make you scream

Don't let your chickens get you

Life is not always a picnic

But you certainly can choose to make it

a little more fun

and that's poetiquejustis

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

Phillipians 4:11 

 

Brilliantly Disguised

We are all faced with a series of opportunities

brilliantly disguised as impossible situations

Chuck Swindoll

                                                               What disguise is your opportunity wearing?

A new job that you never think you will get?

A new home you think you will never afford?

A relationship you think is over?

Unmask them

and you will find opportunity smiling

and that's poetiquejustis

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:18

Showing Up

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live

Anais Nin

Up and at 'em!

Out of the chair!

Out of the door!

Out of yourself!

Because It is not nice to keep life waiting

So get a move on!

Living is free

Waiting to live is going to cost you

and that's poetiquejustis

                         John 8:32   And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Just Another Fish Story

Time is but a stream

 that I go a fishing in

Henry David Thoreau

The years as water pass by

I choose to stop along the way and cast my line to fate

Or not

Steven Wright said:

"There's a fine line between fishing

 and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

in my life -as I live it-

I have chosen not to make that distinction

and that's poetiquejustis

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 4:20