Just Deal

 

Pick a card- any card

 Sometimes, that is how life feels

It all seems too random

And the hand you have been dealt just does not suit you

Life was supposed to come up all aces, right?

And there were supposed to be a lot fewer of these

Don't just deal with it

Bet your life on it

Go all in

 

Samuel Johnson said:

Of the blessings set before you,  make your choice and be content.

That's the deal

and that's poetiquejustis

Scaling Life

 

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed 

Mahatma Gandhi

When you play the blues

 sometimes the C chord becomes a bit more interesting

if you let the 7th note go flat

You have built a good case for that chord all the way up the scale

A good strong C   a resounding E and a smack 'em down G

And no matter how you turn it around-

It is  still the same chord

It is sounding strong, and it is sounding very clear

But what makes the listener remember is if you throw in a B flat  at the end

It is like taking a bow and stepping away

When we try to make our point with people, 

 we need to learn how to let that last note go flat

Leave a little room for the imagination

and a lot of room 

for harmony

That is my note about having the last word

and that's poetiquejustis

                          Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
                                                                       Proverbs 16:24

Hello, World

  Every day I try to be in communication with the universe
 in an unconscious way

Paulo Coehlo

I may never tell you this but....

Wind....I hear you

Sun.....I feel you

Mountains.....I revere you

Oceans.....I am in awe

Stars.....I reach for you

I just thought you should know

and that's poetiquejustis

For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

Colossians 1:16

Sharing is Daring

 

Talent is always aware of its own abundance

and is not adverse to sharing

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

"I know a guy who can fill the day

telling you about all he has done

that no one else can do"

"It must get kind of busy

Running the spotlight "

and standing in it

all at the same time"

You know what they say...

sharing is caring

give a little credit to others sometimes

You will be a hit!

and that's poetiquejustis

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. 

Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,

Philippians 2:3

Hope Grows

 

Where hope grows, miracles blossom

 Elina Rae

 

A wonderful thing about hope 

 

                                                                  Is that with a little work

                                                                         it will grow 

                                                  When it looks as though all is lost

 

                                                 You must hold on to your vision, belief, and faith

But it is the hope that keeps you going

Keep hoping! 

You never know who might be watching

No matter how bad the landscape looks

a little work

and a lot of hope

can change it all

and everyone else 

and that's poetiquejustis

In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short.

Proverbs 24:14

Living Hope

 

A whole stack of memories never equals one little hope

Charles M. Schulz

Marvin Hamlisch called them

"misty water colored memories

of the way we were. "

Memories -

good

and bad

Have only one thing in common

They dwell in the past

And hope never visits there.

Hope, my friend,

 is in the here and now.

That is worth remembering

and that's poetiquejustis

                                                    

                                                      Praise to God for a Living Hope.

                                                                   1Peter 1:3 

In The Current

 

What is coming will come 

and we will meet it when it does

J K Rowling

Goblet of Fire

Taking a chance

Taking it on

 fighting back

 owning it

Knowing the risk

Bringing it home

and that's poetiquejustis

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.