Lessons Learned from a Pencil

 

A #2 pencil and a dream

can take you anywhere.

Joyce Meyer

 

The lowly pencil....

Anonymous among its brethren

Are like the very good people we meet along the way

They are there for the big tests in life

Ready to give us another chance

Always happy to help us learn

 Or just while away the hours

Pencils...like a very good friend

Always seem to get the point

and never think you are dull

We may find more elegant tools 

 

But remember the  #1 lesson from the lowly #2 pencil

 

And that's poetiquejustis

I will never leave you nor forsake you

Hebrews 13

I Know!

 

Nobody knows what I am trying to do

But I do

And I know when I succeed

Gertrude Stein

There is more to all of us than meets the eye

More than reaches the paper

More than fills the ear

There are things we all want that no one knows about

Dreams we do not dare to speak of

Hopes we do not dare to share

That is fine

Dream your dream

And keep your secret

But know that someone is right here

Cheering you on

And that's poetiquejustis

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, 

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 

Romans 15:13

Living by Starlight

 

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves

William Shakespeare

In the stars there are stories

In the stories there are dreams

In the dreams there is a future

In the future there is light

In the light there is a star

Write your story 
In the stars

and that's poetiquejustis

He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

Psalm 147:4

Color It Real

 

Without naivete, there is no beauty

Diderot

We can learn so much from the artwork of kids

They take colors in hand and consider the empty page their own

They fill it with abandon 

They simply put life as they see it on paper

 Today, your life is before you

Color it real!

Color it yours!

and that's poetiquejustis

The greatest in the Kingdom of heaven 

is the one who humbles himself and becomes like this child.  

 Matthew 18:4

Good Morning!

 

Tis always morning somewhere in the world

Richard Henry Horne

Somewhere, your hope is waiting to be found

Somewhere, your dream is waiting to dance with you

Somewhere, the yesterdays are gone and the today has arrived

Somewhere, it is morning, 

so you can begin anew

any time of day 

And that's poetiquejusis
I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, 
Psalm 130:6

Good Enough!

 

You're a good man, Charlie Brown 

Charles Schultz

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

Well, here is a 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

On With It!

 Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told:
                                             "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

                                                           Maya Angelou

Life: grab here....

Time to experiment

......you don't need experience

.............in fact, if you wait for experience

.......................you will never experiment

and that's not living!

Life...take it for a spin

Give life a little grin

take life

and then do something that rocks

 Experiments don't take experience

and.....

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

and that's poetiquejustis

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it

Psalm118:24