Carry on!

 

Great works are performed not by strength

but by perseverance

Samuel Johnson

Do we really need to climb every mountain?

                                    Or are we meant to find the mountains that will get us to our goal?

                                                                  Nelson Mandela said:

After climbing a great hill,

one only finds that there are many more hills to climb

May  we have the heart to find them

 

and the perseverance to climb them all

That is the joy of living 

and that's poetiquejustis

Endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

Romans 5:4

The Dislodging of Logic

 

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit

Antoine de Saint Exupery

Logic has its place

 so keep it in its place!

Today.....

Indulge in a whim

Dream of a scheme

Slide down a rainbow

Catch a sunbeam

That's only logical

and that's poetiquejustis

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting. 

Job8:22

The Real Bucket List

 

Life begets life; energy begets energy.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich

Sarah Bernhardt

Got a drop of time?

Give it away

and watch it pour

Got a trickle of hope?

Spread it around

 and it will gush

Physics reminds us about the truth of potential energy

You are a universe of potential energy

What are you waiting for?

let it rip!

and that's poetiquejustis

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Philippians 2:17

Looking for Mr. Good Guy

 

You're a good man, Charlie Brown 

Charles Schultz

So, what exactly does it take to be a good person?

Well, here is my short list...

You are a good person if....

You fill up the empty water dish for the dog....

Give the guy on the street a few bucks to eat

and he is a good guy

when he shares it

You are a good guy

if you smile when you see a daisy

 (did you smile?)

You are a good guy if

You eat the meat loaf even if it is not "just like mom's"

 That's the good person short list

feel free to add your own

and that's poetiquejustis

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart

Luke 6:45

Books and Blossoms, Buds and Bowers

 

I sing of books. blossoms, buds, and bowers-

of April, May, and June.

Robert Herrick 

You can whine

You can snarl

You can throw up our hands in dismay

Or you can dance

You can sing

You can find pleasant things to say.

You choose.

And that's poetiquejustis

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 16:24

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