Yearn to Learn

I need to learn every day

Judi Dench

I have a watch that tells me

what I ate, how many

steps I walk 

and even how well I slept

 It got me thinking...

We count our calories

We take care to sleep

We may even hit the road a bit

But do we keep track each day

of what we learned?

 

Churchill said he was always ready to learn

though now always happy about being taught

Fair enough

and that's poetiquejustis

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, 

and the one who understands obtain guidance 

Proverbs 1:5

 

Here's Hoping

 

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

Walt Whitman

Light rises

Darkness falls

Hopes rise

  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 

Roll Call

 

We convince by our presence

Walt Whitman 

Showing up

Sometimes that is all it takes

Showing up

for the birthday parties

the sad moments

the happy moments

Just showing up to share the moments of life with people

That is convincing

and that's poetiquejustis

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Luke 6:31

Emotional Ecology

 

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

Believe and Receive

 

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, 

we must carry it with us or we find it not

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The wonders of the world

The magnificence of the heavens

The majesty of the sea

All there for those who believe in beauty

But first- you must 

and that's poetiquejustis

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!

Psalm 84:1

Ready?

 

If we will be quiet and ready enough

we will find compensation 

in every disappointment

                                                                        H. D. Thoreau

                                                         "When the dog bites
                                                          when the bee stings...."
                                                When life seems to be going nowhere

                                                      Listen
                                                       Be very still and just listen
                                                                         

                                                      And you will hear
                                                        everything start

                                                               to fall in to place
                                                           and that's poetiquejustis

And we know that for those who love 

God all things work together for good,

 for those who are called according to his purpose. 

                                               Romans 8:2

Boxed in

 

You do not have a soul

You are a soul

You have a body

C S Lewis

You work out- or at least you should

You eat healthy foods- or at least you try

You sleep

You wash up

You take really good care of ....the outside

Did you ever think that is like having a really fantastic pair of shoes

And just caring for the shoe box?

 

                                                                       The soul
                                                                  Do not shoo it aside
                                                                and that's poetiquejustis

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; 

my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14