Give it a rest

 

For every minute you remain angry, 
you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A wrinkle mind....

Steamed?

Focused on life's wrinkles?

Shake it out!

Shake it off!

let it go

Or iron it out

Who wants to be seen in a wrinkled mind?

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Romans 12:2

Beauty Seen

 

No eyes that have ever seen beauty ever lose their sight

Jean Toomer

Poet of the Harlem Renaissance

Focus

Not on the loss

but rather on the gain

Focus

Not on what is gone

But that which is with you

How can you bring the beauty of life into your tomorrow

If you do not see it before the end of day?

Focus

And that's poetiquejustis

Your Life Worth Living

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact

William James

There are times when it is not easy to believe in life

It is not easy to go on

To know why

or how

or if

Yet

We struggle

We press on to the summit

We persevere through the darkness

We smile and we laugh and we sing  and we are human

Until once more the light breaks through and we remember that life after all 

simply is
very much worth living
and living well

and that's poetiquejustis

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

John 1:5

 

Your Greatest Conquest

There is little than can withstand a man 

who can conquer himself.

Louis XIV

Those who are weak 

use what little strength they have

to be cruel

Those who are strong

use their strength for good

That is strength of character

That is strength of mind

and that's poetiquejustis

No weapon forged against you will prevail... This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.

Isaiah 54:17

 

Yes You Can

Do not let what you can't do

interfere with what you can do

John Wooden

Can't sing an aria?

Whistle a happy tune!

Can't make a soufle?

Nothing wrong with a bowl of popcorn!

Never going to win a prize with your roses?

Love your dandelions!

It is never about what you can't do!

It is being willing to do what you CAN do

And that's poetiquejustis

I will strengthen you and help you; 

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

 

It's a Plan

 

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Henry David Thoreau

Planning

Evaluating

Acting

Communicating

Enjoying

And thus does wisdom bring you peace

and that's poetiquejustis

The path of life leads upward for the wise
Proverbs 15:24

Get an earful!

 

Hear the other side

St Augustine

                                                    Not just the other side of the story

Listen to

the other side of your story

the other side of your soul's story

 that longs for more than this

Hear the other side

And listen

until your story speaks

and then keep listening

And that's poetiquejustis

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 

Romans 10:17