You Win

 

The way of the sage is to act

but not to compete

Lao-Tzu

I won my first spelling bee

 in First Grade

I won my first poetry competition

in 6th grade

In other words...

I got competition in to my blood pretty early

But then I grew up

And realized that competing in life

Meant running someone else's race

For a prize of their choosing

 Just to make sure

that other people lose

Now, where's the fun in that?

I bet I can get where I want to go

without worrying if you get their first!

and that's poetiquejustis

Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well done and won’t need to compare himself with someone else. 

Galatians 6:4

Yours for the Singing

 

Music produces a kind of pleasure that human nature cannot do without

Confucius

The melody of laughter

The notes of praise

The symphony of nature

Your life is set to music

                                                       that only you can share with the world

and that's poetiquejustis

Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.

 Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord

Ephesians 5:19

Melodious Silence

 

Create degrees of silence

Don DeLillo

All silences are not created equal

There is silence

and there is silence

There is the hush of dawn

And the thundering silence of a lonely night

Claude Debussy said

Music is the silence between notes

Choose your silence well

it is the melody of your life

and that's poetiquejustis

            And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: 

and after the fire a still small voice.

1 Kings 19:12

Outta here!

 

Get rid of everything except your loves.

Voltaire

Old clothes

Old hats

Old cars

Old food

Old Grudges

Old disappointments

Let them go

and make room

for the beauty that life has ready to bloom!

and that's poetiquejustis

Isaiah 43:19

Your Art of Living

 

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Don't be afraid

 Follow your heart

Paint your world with all those things that only your heart knows are real

Illustrate your life

With the illusions of your heart

And your life will be real

And your life will be art

and that's poetiquejustis

I Corinthians 2:9 

But as it is written: 

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, 

Nor have entered into the heart of man 

The things which God has prepared

 for those who love Him".

Train of Thought

 

Surprised by joy

C S Lewis

                                 When was the last time you had a friendly chat with yourself?

You know-

                                                                    happy reminiscing about

the travels you have taken

The bridges you have crossed

The directions you have chosen

 The decisions you have made

 

The sights you have seen

When was the last time you celebrated the journey?

 

Reflect on it all

Because those moments 

 brought you to your present

                                                             and will bring you to

your future

That's the ticket 

and that's poetiquejustis

God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

Going Forward

 

Work backwards

Accomplishment

Action

Preparation

Now....

 Make a decision

Good!

Now- start at the bottom and work up

 refuse to be overwhelmed

Successful people are the people who do the things

no one else wants to do

and does them well

and that's poetiquejustis

 Jesus replied, "No one who puts a hand to the plow

 and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."

Luke 9:62