Falling Forward

 

When the weight of the past has you lashed to the mast...

Spencer Day

                                                       

                                                   Let the past slip into the past

Listen to the promises of now

 

Take the leap into today-

    It is where you belong

 

For the present is calling, 

 

it has a purpose

and you are free to do it

and that's poetiquejustis

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,

 let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles

Hebrews 12:1

In a Word

 

I learn by going to where 

I have to go

Theodore Roethke

We do the things we have to do

We say the things we have to say

We do the work that needs to be done

We delight in the small things

We overlook the slights

And we help those who need help

We are....in a word

human

and that's poetiquejustis

                                                      Learn to do right; seek justice.
                                                        Defend the oppressed.
                                                   Take up the cause of the fatherless;
                                                          plead the case of the widow. 
                                                                   Isaiah 1:17

Do...Re...YOU!

 

Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.

Kenny G

At some point, you have to stop being 

A student of life's music

 

A collector of the melody of others

 

and the wisps of songs left behind by those who have moved ahead

 

 

 

Eventually, you have to stop being a student of life 

and the way others sing it

 

 

And start making music for yourself

now, that is a song I would love to hear!

and that's poetiquejustis

Serve the Lord with gladness: 

come before his presence with singing.

Psalm 100:2

The Art of Listening

 

You have to choose the voice you are going to trust.

You can't listen to everyone.

Alice Hoffman

There are no lack of opinions

Everyone wants to tell you what to think

What to wear

What to dream

Who to vote for

 Maybe just for today

we can rise above it

and listen to our heart

and that's poetiquejustis

 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain; it was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, there was the sound of a gentle whisper.
I Kings 19:11-13

Don't Get So Steamed!

 

For every minute you remain angry, 
you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A wrinkle mind...

Steamed?

Focused on life's wrinkles?

Shake it out!

Shake it off!

let it go

Or iron it out

Who wants to be seen in a wrinkled mind?

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

 but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Romans 12:2

I have my suspicions

 

Life's given me no reason to expect the worst

Dean Koontz

The City

You are still here, right?

and the world is still turning?

You are putting one thought next to the other, right?

Forging ahead from breath to breath?

Then why that suspicious look 

as you peek around the corner where  today meets your tomorrow?

If I were life, I would be pretty insulted.

just sayin'...

 

and that's poetiquejustis

Be strong and courageous. 

Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Let's Be Direct

 

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back

Robert Frost

 

 

I dropped by a shop to see if they had my favorite hand cream

 

 

The salesperson said: we don't carry that'

 

And went back to her phone screen as she walked away

 

I wanted to remind her that perhaps redirecting me to another product

 

May have been helpful

 

But I had to reflect in that moment

 

About my own self direction.

 

When purpose is not easy to find

 

When things in life are not where I want them

 How good am I at redirecting myself?

That's a pretty direct question

And that's poetiquejustis