Let Me Preface This

 

The world is made up of stories, not atoms

Muriel Rukeyser

What do you see here?

I see a thousand stories in motion

What do you see here?

I see millions of people getting ready to face another day

A story

Many stories

Lives

Not data 

Not demographics

Not a target market

 People

with stories

That is worth remembering

and that's poetiquejustis

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. 

Rather, in humility value others above yourselves

Philippians 2:3

Marking Time

 

We aim above the mark

to hit the mark

R W Emerson

We try to love a little more than we need to

                     we send out more smiles,and kind words and deeds
                                               than we feel like sending

We may not always hit the mark

But at least we care enough to aim

and that's poetiquejustis

Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
                                         2 Corinthians 3:11

Your Spring is Here!

 

 

I have an appointment with Spring

H D Thoreau

You have appointment with new ideas...

And a fresh breeze of enthusiasm

A plan!

You have a date with today

You have tomorrow in your sights

You have an appointment with

Your Spring

and that's poetiquejustis

For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. 

Song of Solomon 2:11-12

Good Steps in

 

The world is so full of suffering-

and it is also the overcoming of it

Helen Keller

Bad things happen

Good people step in

unkind words hurt

Kind words seek to help

Bad can take away so much

Good can give so much back

Today-

Go...be good to one another

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:21

Nice to Meet You!

 

I'd like to thank everyone I met in my life

Maureen Stapelton

Some folks will rub you the wrong way

Others will give you just what you need

There are those you wish had never crossed your path

                                                     Those  who made your life very hard

Those who you never really got to know

                                       and those you will always remember even when they are gone

We should be thankful for them all

Because they helped make us who we are

And that can be a very good thing

if we let it

and that's poetiquejustis

Dear brothers and sisters, we can't help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.
2 Thessalonians 1:3

Invincible

 

In the depth of winter I finally learned

that there was in me

an invincible summer

Albert Camus

In the seasons of pain

In the months of disappointment

In the hours of uncertainty

 We all have within us

 an invincible self

if only we will let it

shine

and that's poetiquejustis

let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds 

and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

It's News to Me

 

See as much as you ought not as much as you can.

Montaigne

When the 24-hour news cycle has become

a form of life support

It is time to get a life

When the first app you reach for in the morning

is 

It is time to break the habit.

Take a moment to breathe

To be kind to yourself and others

To just BE

Then you can see what you ought

and be who you need to be

and that's poetiquejustis

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33