Keep the Peace

 

Communicate a sense of admiration, of wonder, of trust

Sylvia Shaw Judson

I read a line in a Dick Francis book once that stuck with me

"All around her was an island of peace."

What does the "island" around you look like?

Is it cluttered with the fruit of bitterness?

or the fruit of love and kindness for the picking?

Littered with angry thoughts and memories?

or have you captured the glow of happy memories?

Overgrown with fear and suspicion?

or a place of order and calm?

What messages are you sending from the island of your life?

When people sail near, 

do they fear the rocky shores 

or are they grateful for the safe haven?

It is your island

Make it a peaceful place to dwell  and visit

a place of comfort for yourself and others  

The world could use that right now

                                                                   and that's poetiquejustis
                                                   Do all that you an to 
                                                 live in peace with everyone.
                                                                        Romans 12:18

The Way You Are

 
                         People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
                                      Love them anyway.
                                         Kent M Keith
                              The Paradoxical Commandments

Some people are just jerks

You can try be logical with these folks

Good luck with that

You can try being reasonable too

Dead end

You can try being generous

and giving

and just plain saintly

 

 

And most of them 

are still going to be jerks

so you can

become a jerk as well

or 

 just love them the way they are

and remember

                                                                  Because that's the way you are

          and that's poetiquejustis 

 If you love only those who love you, 

what good is that? 

Even scoundrels do that much.

Matthew 5:46

And on That Note...

 

The great composer doesn't set to work 

because he is inspired

He is inspired because he is working

Ernest Newman

                                                  perhaps it begins with just an idea or two - 

the or the very wisp of an idea

The shadow of an idea

                                                       as you go about your daily life....
                                                        you know there is something more

and suddenly

it is there!

what you have been waiting to see and feel and hear

all of your life

 and others hear it to

in the middle of their own lives

                                                                           That is inspiration

            and that's poetiquejustis

 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; 

behold, the new has come. 

2 Corinthians 5:17

You Are Almost There

 

But above all, try something

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Try

You are almost there

Only you can stop you now!

One more push and you are over the top!

On the other side!

Out from under!

Thinking about giving up?

 

I didn't think so- not you!

 

It is climb or fall

And you are a climber.

 

who is going to make it.

and that's poetiquejustis

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer

Romans 12:12

Shuffle the Deck

 

If things don't go fantastically

you just have to deal with it

Anton Du Beke

Don't like the ways things are going?

Shuffle up your life a bit

Plans not working out?

     Find that ace up your sleeve!

   Thinking about getting out of the game?

                                                  Hang in there!
                                 Because you just never know
                              what life is going to deal you next!

                                   and that's poetiquejustis

                                                                   
              Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
                                                               Romans 12:12

Ahead of the Curve

 

The thing to do is grab the broom

and drive off the beast of fear
N.Houston

Get busy

Get moving

Get some miles under your feet

and some sky in front of your nose

That is how you put the fear behind you

and that's poetiquejustis
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

Mark My Words

 

We aim above the mark

to hit the mark

R W Emerson

Today....

We try to love a little more than we did yesterday

                                      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