The Rest of Life

 

Besides the noble art of getting things done,

there is a nobler art of leaving things undone

Lin Yutang

How many sunsets will you let go by

How many moments in front of the fire will you miss

How many laughs

How many dreams

How many moments

Will you let slip away

while you are busy doing other things

Today

Stop being busy long enough

To get something important

                                                                           done


                                                               and that's poetiquejustis

 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.  But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;  but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
                                                                         Luke 10:38-42

Awakened!

 

It is best to be up before daybreak

for such habits contribute to

health, wealth, and wisdom

Aristotle

I am not much of a night owl

But I am up before the birds

There is something about finding the world

before the world has a chance to find me

To hear the soft breath of dawn

and the promise of the rising sun

it is a time to gather thoughts

Before the winds of life blow them away 

Meister Eckhart said

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” 

So let's begin

and that's poetiquejustis

The night is almost gone, and the day is near Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Morning#sthash.9P8AJhDZ.dpuf

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 1:35

It's Your Turn

 

A bend in the road is not the end of the road 

unless you fail to make the turn

Unknown Author

 

What looks like a dead end

is really

New beginnings

Road blocks?

Just a detour

End of the road?

Start of a new life

 Go...

Make the turn

 

and that's poetiquejustis

This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls....."

Jeremiah 6:16

In The Eye of the Flower

 

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, 

and the deep power of joy, 

we see into the life of things.

William Wordsworth

The flowers are watching

I just know they are

They really do not miss a thing

                  Sometimes, I even think they cry over our human tragedies and foibles

and I am certain that they laugh at our worrying so much!

 Flowers know how to live

They greet the dawn with joy

and they fear nothing from the night

Hiding in plain sight,

                           They spend the time they were given on earth

teaching us how to live

If only we will listen

and that's poetiquejustis

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? "

^{Matthew 6:28}

When the Light Breaks Through

 

 

Light is the symbol of truth

James Russell Lowell

Day-break  in a city

day-break in the forest

Day-break in soul

When the light of day breaks forths

That which has kept the world in darkness must let go

Today- let the day-break in to your life

and the darkness will let go

and that's poetiquejustis

I have come in to the world as Light so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness.

John 12: 46

Hope for the Better

 

 We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

Dr. Martin Luther King

We hope

...that there is sun behind the clouds

...that there are flowers sleeping beneath the snow

 ...that kindness will overcome all

 And because we hope

There is hope

Remember...

Hope cannot be taken away

It can only be surrendered

And that's poetiquejustis

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5

Effort. More or Less?

 

Keep the faculty of effort alive in you

by a little gratuitous practice every day.

William James

Give it a try

Give it a push

Give it a shove

Put a little elbow grease in there

                                                 Take it all in

Give it some love

Give it some care

The let it all out!

This is your Life- 

Your journey

make an effort

And that's poetiquejustis

            Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men
                                          Colossians 3:23