Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Thursday, February 12, 2026

Freeing Up

 

To be free is to have achieved your life
Tennessee Williams




Freedom from




Freedom from





Freedom from caring about what other people will say


If you are locked in to those things
 Remember

You hold the key

So get out of your head

and in to your life
That's freedom
 
and that's poetiquejustis
 

John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”



Wednesday, February 11, 2026

What's Ahead

 


Let us not look back in anger
nor forward in fear
but around in awareness
James Thurber






Where do they get the time?


People who spend so many hours, days, and years thinking about the past?


When there is barely time to enjoy




Alexandra Stoddard said that
life is 50% memories


That could be-
but let's refuse to take the other 50% 
out of the middle!
That is just some timely advice
and that's poetiquejustis

Let your eyes look directly in front of you
and let your gaze look straight before you. 
Proverbs 4:25

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The Song of Living

 

It's going to take some time this time
no matter what I planned
But like the young tree in the wintertime
I'll learn how to bend
Carole King/ Toni Stern

Storms of life
Winds of change
They come and they go
But when you are in the eye of the storm
and all is quiet 
Listen to the song life is singing to you


and learn to hum along
That is how your find your melody
 and that's poetiquejustis
 
But as for me, I will sing about your power.
Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.
For you have been my refuge,
a place of safety when I am in distress
Psalm 59:16
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. - See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Trees#sthash.FnwtRMRI.dpuf

 

Monday, February 9, 2026

Happiness! Plan on it!

 

 Let our advance worrying become our advance planning. Winston Churchill

Five Steps to Worrying Less - Mindful

Worry is like stepping in a mud puddle


 

It happens

 There are then three choices;


 

Stand in the mud and complain


 

Get out of the mud and keep tracking dirt everywhere you go by complaining


 

Get out of the mud, clean your shoes and move on.

Those are the choices
and that's poetiquejustis
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
Psalm 94:19

Sunday, February 8, 2026

To Draw In

 

One must always draw. Draw with the eyes,
when one cannot draw with a pencil.
Balthus
Draw your own conclusions
Draw in a deep breath
Draw near to those you love
Draw from experience
Picasso said to draw, you must close your eyes and sing
Degas said:
Drawing is not what one sees
But what can make others see
I can see that
and that's poetiquejustis
 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. 
James 4:8

Saturday, February 7, 2026

A Moment on the Monetary

 

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped. 
Calvin Coolidge
                                                          yes- having money is preferable
But it is not just the money
 
When we have a little extra cash
we can change lives

we can fund research
we can meet challenges 
we  can meet needs
Prosperity only prospers
when it is used to prosper others
 
otherwise, it is just a pile of paper
 that is going to just float away
and that's poetiquejustis
 The rich are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, 
so that they may take hold of that which is truly life
I Timothy 6:18

Friday, February 6, 2026

A Fruitful Life

 

                                                    Even if I knew that tomorrow the world 
                                                                would go to pieces,
                                                          I would still plant my apple tree 
  
                                                                      Martin Luther
Plant Apple Trees ...
Life holds wonderful  things
 
 
                                                  Sometimes, they are just beneath the surface
It may take a little work
It may take a little time
                                       But every day, you can get right down to what life has to offer
And be grateful for the next day when life comes along
to start it all again
  That's how life works
and that's poetiquejustis
You will know them by their fruits
Matthew 7:16