Finding Peace

 

Until we extends his circle of compassion to all living things

we will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer

The short list?

I have a friend in Costa Rica who takes in injured squirrels

 

 And another who is made sure that the homeless in our town all get a Christmas stockings

There are those I know who work tirelessly 

to provide medical care and to fund research for sick kids

And those who provide a safe haven for at risk kids

to get them off the streets

And there are more.... people who are quietly changing lives.

The common thread?

 Arthur Schopenhauer said

Compassion is the basis of morality

Sure looks that way from where I sit

and that's poetiquejustis

Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it.

Hebrews 12:1 The Living Bible

Put On...Put Off

 

"You may delay, but time will not." ~Benjamin Franklin

It is just a matter of time

That call you have to make

Those words that must be spoken

That road you have to travel

Someone gave me a great perspective on those “inevitables”

It is simply a matter of

What do you gain by putting it off?

 Do you need a little push?

The burden gets no lighter as the days pass because it saps your strength

The road ahead only gets darker

If not now....when

 are you going to get past the cost

And move on

I think it is time.
and that's poetiquejustis

This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

In the Weeds

 

What is a weed? 

A plant whose virtues have never been discovered

R W Emerson

Buttercups

Dandelions

 Clover

 butterfly weed

Gardening, like life, is finding the beauty 

in what you find each day in your garden

and understanding even the "weeds" in life

have a purpose

  and that's poetiquejustis

To every thing there is a season, a time and purpose under heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Short and Sweet

 

Don't use words too big for the subject.

C S Lewis

Have you ever noticed that the shortest phrases 

carry more weight than the longest of speeches?

words like

                                                                           

Or

And when someone says:

                                                                                        

and means it!

The tiniest of words can be 

or balm to the heart

What a great responsibility we took on

when first we learned to speak!

Keep it short

And keep it sweet

and that's poetiquejustis

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight, My God and My Redeemer

Psalm 19:14

How Much Do You Need?

 

Find out how much has been given you

and take what you need; 

the remainder is needed by others.

Augustine

Sharing

Taking and giving

 

Saving and passing along

 Knowing what you need- and what you need to share

That is a cornerstone of humanity

and that's poetiquejustis

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. 

Hebrews 13:16

Let's Get a Little Loony!

 

Draw a crazy picture

Write a nutty poem

Sing a mumble-gumble song

Whistle through a comb

Shel Silverstein

A Light in the Attic

Sometimes people ask me when I'm going to grow up

I tell them I don't think I will 

As I don't see that there's any percentage in it

Grownups think they know everything

But they forget how to play

they are so busy getting things from the world

they forget to put things back in

That does not sound like a lot of fun to me...
How about you?
 

so today

let's listen to Shel and...

"Do a loony goony dance

across the kitchen floor

Put something silly in the world

That' ain't been there before"

and that's poetiquejustis

The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven 

is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.

Matthew 18:4

A Real Lease on Life

 

Service is the rent you pay

for room upon this earth

Shirley Chisholm

 

Thoughts on paying the "rent" on your life

 

You can live without ever giving

but your life will be very small

You can live without serving others

but is that really a life at all?

You can take without ever giving

And be concerned with only  you

or you can reach out a hand

and open your heart

before life's rent is due

and that's poetiquejustis

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,

 for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

 Matthew 7:12