To Beginning

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere,

C S Lewis 

Thoughts begin somewhere and move on

Love begins somewhere and grows

Dreams begin somewhere and become real

Now you must begin somewhere and be who you are

and that's poetiquejustis

 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us start rebuilding." So they began this good work.

Nehemiah 2:18

 

Living a la carte

 

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

Arthur Golden

I know a catering chef  who tells his helpers as they carry trays to the truck;

"Carry one

Or drop two

The same goes for trying to carry around doubt and belief at the same time

One of those guys-

the doubt or the belief-

 has to go.

Carry one or drop two.

and that's poetiquejustis

 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, 

because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

 James 1:6

Mindless Ventures

An hour's industry will do more to produce cheerfulness,

suppress evil humors

and retrieve your affairs

than a month's moaning.

Ben Franklin

Cluttered closets

Junk drawers

Files in disarray

Garages that have fallen victim to the second law of thermodynamics

What a blessing!

These are mindless ventures where you can dive in and see immediate results

Suddenly, you are once again master of your destiny

Captain of your soul

Now- you are ready to take on the world!

Georgia O'Keeffe said in a biography that she could not paint until her drawers were organized

I get that- don't you?

and that's poetiquejustis

Let all things be done decently and in good order.

I Corinthians 14:40

 

As You Go

 

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Move with intention

so that you may meditate on the moment

Move with ease so that life may impart its grace

Move and keep on moving

but do not feel the need to run

Give life the respect of a steady pace

and it will pay you back with the journey of a lifetime

and that's poetiquejustis
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
Isaiah 30:15

It's Possible

 

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

George Santayana 

I believe in you

I believe in what you can do

I believe in your dreams

In your schmemes

In your plans 

and in your visions

But I cannot believe alone!

Believe along with me

and watch the happiness begin!

and that's poetiquejustis

                                       “With man this is impossible, but with God
                                                            all things are possible.
                                                                        Matthew 19:26

Live Already!

 

Man is born to live

not to prepare for life

Boris Pasternak

Planning to plan your plans

Lists of things you will start tomorrow

or Monday

or Someday

Organizing

Preparing

Until...what?

 Exactly...

Would you say it was time to start living?

I would

and that's poetiquejustis

 He who observes the wind will not sow,

 and he who regards the clouds will not reap. 

Ecclesiastes 11:4

When the ice Gets Thin

 

We live amid surfaces and the true art of life is to skate well on them

Emerson

When I was about twelve, I got my first pair of ice skates. 

We lived in New Jersey which is not exactly the center of the skating world,

 but there was an IceOrama or something like that at the mall 

and my parents signed me up for lessons. 

I loved it.

I loved the cute little skirts and the swish of the skates.

I loved the grace and the power of the skaters.

There was only one problem.

I could not skate and I could not seem to learn.

I would watch kids much younger than myself 

do figure 8’ s 

and pirouettes.

I would usually watch this from a sitting position either on the bench or on the ice-

 as I seemed to have fallen quite a bit.

It occurred to me years later that it was neither the skates nor my inexperience that held me back.

I just did not trust the ice.

 I was moving on a surface as alien as the moon

 and I was so unsure of it that I never connected.

                                                           Life can still be that way

.                                                               The ice seems thin

                                        …the rough spot seem frequent

…and there are dangerous bits of black economic and emotional ice where it is the least expeced

But this time, I am ready.

I am lacing up my skates

 and I will take the ice as it comes.

 and that's poetiquejustis

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2-4