Peace Be With You

 

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own today

R W Emerson

Let the thunder roar around us

Let the seas beat against our shores

                                               Let plans be made and chaos swirl

While those who know only how to hurt and not heal

Rage

Day after day they they try to darken the sun

Until the  trees are stark and bare

Press on!

Because today

..

We will be poised, and wise,

 and our own.

and that's poetiquejustis

No weapon formed against you will prosper  

Isaiah 54:17

Dream A Little Dream With Me

 

Do all you can to make your dreams come true

Joel Osteen

If you  have a child

you have an obligation to help that child grow

If you have a pet

you have an obligation to keep that little guy safe

 

And If you have a dream

You have to do both

and that's poetiquejustis

"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:28

One Good Word!

 

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”

Sean Covey

I have some very wise people in my life

And I have often had the benefit of their wisdom

Sometimes unsolicited

But there is one thing I have always remembered

and found to be invariably true:

If someone is talking to you about someone else

They are probably talking about you

when you are not there

It is pretty scary to watch:

A coworker who will slam a colleague behind their back

and then smile prettily to their face

 Yikes!

Let's make a deal to 

                                                           by giving it nowhere to go
                                                                       

                                            Remember the words of Eleanor Roosevelt:

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

and that's poetiquejustis

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

I Thessalonians 5: 11

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