Brick by Brick

Every person must choose their world

A W Tozer

Day by day

Dawn by dawn

Brick by brick

Thought by thought

Sigh by sigh

You build your world

And rise each day

To start again

Sometimes to find that you must start all over

and other days to see

just how far you have come

That's life

And that's poetiquejustis

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

Nehemiah 4:6

There are no words...

Whenever you come near the human race,

there are layers and layers

of nonsense

Thornton Wilder

Alien dad explaining humans to his son:

"They strap them in and make them go round and round-

What could they have done to deserve such a fate?"

"They sit here for hours every day- and it seems each must

sit alone in his own vehicle rather than sharing".

 "They seem to talk a lot about healthy eating but...there are no words
to explain their diet"

"and they call us alien"

and that's poetiquejustis

Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?
1 Corinthians 6:19

On Second Thought....

Gratitude makes sense of our past

brings peace for today

and creates vision for tomorrow

Melody Beattie 

There are times when patience 

is not my strong suit

Red lights

Books that do not know when to end

these things bother me

But they also can teach me a lesson

This morning

 I was frustrated at how long

it was taking the water dispenser on my refrigerator

to fill my glass

Then I thought about these ladies

and these ladies

and these ladies

and I thought better of it

and that's poetiquejustis

Give thanks in all circumstances; 

for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

I Thessalonians 5:18

As You See It

Saul Bellow's said
What is art but a way of seeing

 Yes-
and who are others but how you see them?

 To see the good*

To hear the melody **

To taste the sweetness ***

To feel the power****

of love

Life becomes art

when people care

about other people
especially those who other people
would rather not see.

Can you see that?

and that's poetiquejustis

I was hungry and you fed me,
I was thirsty and you gave me a drink,
I was homeless and you gave me a room,
I was shivering and you gave me clothes,
I was sick and you stopped to visit,
I was in prison and you came to me.’

“Then they  are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’

 Mathew 25

*     Father Greg Boyle:  Homeboy Industries- jobs not jail
**   Lincoln County Inmates Choir
*** Homeboy Bakery: Jobs not jail
**** The Bard Prison Initiative  Woodbourne Correctional Institute College Commencement.

Fall Where It May

No snowflake falls

in the wrong place

Zen Saying

You are

where you are

because that is where you need to be

to do what it is

you are supposed to be doing

you just need to find out what that is

every snowflake knows that

and now so do you

and that's poetiquejustis

She is not afraid of the snow for her household,

 For all her household are clothed with scarlet

Proverbs 31:21

Lighting the Way

Love must be a light 

as much as it is a flame

Thoreau

Love should see us through the dark times

It must be a light

Love should fuel our dreams

It must be a flame

In the words of Edna St Vincent Millay: 

My candle burns at both end

It will not last the night;

but ah, my foes

and ah my friends

It gives a lovely light

and that's poetiquejustis

let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

There are reasons to be Thankful

I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I want to.

Norman Rockwell

 For the words of kindness we say

and our right to say them

I am thankful

For the words we pray 

and our right to pray them

I am thankful

For the wrongs we have righted

The hope we have ignited

And the hope we still have in our hearts to give

 

And for those who remember who we are

I am thankful

and that's poetiquejustis

Thank you, Lord

How's Your Aim?

We aim above the mark

to hit the mark

R W Emerson

Today....

We try to love a little more than we did yesterday

                                      we send out more smiles, and kind words and deeds
                                                              than we feel like sending

We may not always hit the mark

But at least we care enough to aim

and that's poetiquejustis

Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
                                         2 Corinthians 3:11

Looking for "The Good Guys"

You're a good man, Charlie Brown 

Charles Schultz

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

Well, here is my 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