Where Will You Be? Who Will You Be?

 

 This too shall pass.

Medieval Proverb

Hold on

and help others

This cannot last forever

Unless we do nothing 

unless it becomes the norm

Here is how it is

Even if you are not feeling it 

others are

there are times when

you are going to have to have a little faith

and enough to give away

because

Perhaps this too shall pass.

What matters is what is left 

because of  how you helped

and that's poetiquejustis

This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.
Genesis 8:11

Let's Face It

 

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror

 than be rich and famous.

Ani DiFranco

St Bernard said we become the reflection of that which we love

What does your reflection say about you?

 

When you look in the mirror, 

what do you see?

A sunny day?

A stormy night?

a heart at war?

 a heart at peace?

when you look in the mirror

what do you see ?

 

That is a thought worthy of reflection 

don't you think?

and that's poetiquejustis

 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

Psalm 27:19

To Just Be, or To Become- That is the Question

 

A. W. Tozer said:

Never let 'to be' take the place of 'to become'

 

The best you can be

Or the best you can become?

 

The kindest you can be

Or the kindest you can become?

The most peaceful you can be

Or the most peaceful you can become?

 

The most generous you can be

Or the most generous you can become?

 

The more you become

the more life you will live

Winston Churchill said

We make a living by what we get

We make a life by what we give

So...start

 now

Are you ready?

Go! Become!

And that's poetiquejustis

                       They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

                                                                 Psalm 84:7

I've Got to Give You Credit

 

"It is amazing what you can accomplish 

if you do not care who gets the credit."

Harry S Truman

I used to care about that...who got the credit- I mean

As a matter of fact,
 I have thought about that quite recently

 having encountered someone who takes credit for other people's ideas
without blinking an eye

But ...no more tug of war for me

I am keeping my hands free for other things

Ideas, you see,  come and go

They are just passing through- just like me

Just like you

 I could try to hold on to the credit

and get myself all tied up in knots

Or I can spend my life in freedom

Gee....let me think...

 

 

what'll it be?

 

and that's poetiquejustis

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit,

 but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Philippians 2:3

For the Life of Me

 

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

Know It or Not

 

To succeed in life you need two things:

ignorance and confidence

Mark Twain

It is not what you know

It is not even who you know

It is ignoring what you think you do not know

And doing what you thought you did not know
until you know it-

And that just may get you where you want to go.

and that's poetiquejustis

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

HOPENESS

 

Hope is the most exciting thing

there is in life

Mandy Moore

Here is how it works

Get the idea?

I hope you do

and that's poetiquejustis

  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 15:13