Fix It

Our fatigue is caused often not by work

but by worry, frustration, and resentment

Dale Carnegie

I hear the word "frustrated" a lot

It could be because I'm a professor

and my students are all juggling

work and school and home

at least...

I think it is coming out of my students' mouth

 but it could be mine

I hear it so often 

that I did some research

Did you know that frustrate comes from the Latin word for disappointment?

So the next time you are frustrated

Take the time to figure out what's disappointing you

                                                                     and fix it
                                                        I mean- who needs the frustration?

and that's poetiquejustis

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me

Philippians 6:13

Rise

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air. 

Wilbur Wright

Rising above the crowd can be a lonely business

It may mean taking to the sky alone

But perhaps you will help others to follow

It may mean you will hit some wind and rain

But you will also reach the rainbow first

So what if you take a dive once in the while

It beats sitting on the fence

You can hang around and talk about it

Or you can soar

Your wings....

Your sky....

Your choice

And that's poetiquejustis

CHOICES

The talent is in the choices

Robert De Niro

Life is going to hand you a script ever day

Read it...think about it

 But before the curtain goes up

Make your

choices-

Understudy

 or star?

Director 

or Go -fer?

It is your life

There are no wrong choices in what role you play

Except the choice

to let others choose

and that's poetiquejustis

Choose life....

Deuteronomy 30:19

Poetiquejustis © 2011

What is past

When the weight of the past has you lashed to the mast...

Spencer Day

How did the past get such a grip that it crushed your here and now?

Was it a faceless voice speaking in your ear

In the late watches of the night?

Did a sight, a sound, an image push you back and down and tumbling into the past-

 a place you no longer belong?

Find your way back

For the present does not wait for anyone, 

and YOU  have much to do!

and you are free to do it

and that's poetiquejustis

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,

 let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles

Hebrews 12:1

Bring It

What we learn from the experience depends on the philosophy
 we bring to the experience

C S Lewis

What do your "ah ha!" moments look like?

 

  "Ah HA!"

Ah  :-) ha!

 ah -haaaaa....

aaa-haa

I get it!

Ah ha....It is all in how you choose to see the moment!

and that's poetiquejustis

  "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart"

Psalm 37:4

It Comes in Waves

What is coming will come 

and we will meet it when it does

J K Rowling

Goblet of Fire

Taking a chance

Taking it on

 fighting back

 owning it

Knowing the risk

Bringing it home

and that's poetiquejustis

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Let's Talk About It

"All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down." -Friedrich Nietzsche

Inner dialogue:

Self:

"I really think I just had a great idea!"

Self-response:

"Yea but,..."

End of conversation

Inner dialogue

Self:

"I really think I just had a great idea!"

Self response

"Go for it!"

Now you're talking!

and that's poetiquejustis

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart 

be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer.

Psalm 19:14