What the Dickens?

 

 “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

Charles Dickens

 Poverty has many faces

Some are poor in spirit

Others are out of hope

Some just have very few options

 and these lives are not just another story

They are your opportunities

to be more than you are by helping someone else

be more than they think they are

Go! 

Help someone see it is never too late 

to begin again

and that's poetiquejustis

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord

and He will reward him for what he has done. Proverbs 19:17

Working It Outward

 

One person working toward a dream is worth 99 people just working.
- Lani Kraus, writer

To feed the hungry

To shelter the homeless

To protect the unprotected

To make the world a better place because you were here

Dreams for the taking

and help to make it work

And that's poetiquejustis

 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, 

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Sticky

 

Consider the postage stamp:  

its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.  

~Josh Billings

You can lose your keys

You can lose your way

You can lose your focus

You can lose your appetite

But whatever you do -

do not lose heart!

that's right...it is all about hanging in there!

and that's poetiquejustis

Don't Look Down!

 

To me every hour of light and dark is a miracle.

Walt Whitman

 

Light rises

Darkness falls

Hopes rise

  and when they do- 

 

just keep rising with them

and don't look down!

 and that's poetiquejustis

Christ in you, the hope of glory

Colossians 1:27 

Drop it!

 

 All serious daring starts from within.

Eudora Welty

 

You don't have to look far 

 

Right inside your heart you will find

Places to go

People to be

Dreams to visit

 

It is all right there

if you dare to find it.

And that's poetiquejustis

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Ephesians 3:20 

 

The Parts of Life

 

And all the windows of my heart 

I open to the day

John Greenleaf Whittier

The sunshine of smiles

The mist of tears

The winds of change

The fog of sadness

The chill of pain

The warmth of love

Make a room in my heart for all

And welcome each as a friend

They are all a part of living

and that's poetiquejustis 

 .... for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.

Philippians 4:11

Pacing Yourself

 

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar

Helen Keller

To creep

To soar

To run

To walk

We all get there one way or the other

The important part is getting there 

on your own terms.

and that's poetiquejustis

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Hebrews 12:1