Mic Drop

To kindle the flame

of being fully alive

Jon-Kabat-Zinn

There is a place in the world for  auto-pilot

But your life is not that place

Thee are times when following the crowd

cannot be avoided

But do avoid it when you can!

And if life has turned in to one long

Then it is time to get out there and find

and give the world

your song

and that's poetiquejustis

 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. 

They are plans for good and not for evil, 

to give you a future and a hope. 

Jeremiah 29:11

Help Is On The Way

All my adult life, people have been helping me

Stephen Hawking

 I have had the privilege of reviewing grant applications 

Grant applications are more than just piles of paper, you know

These are the hopes and dreams of people

who want to help

From dancing lessons for kids who could not afford them

To transportation for seniors who were housebound

Someone said:

"Hey- I want to do something to help-

will you help me?"

And foundations kick in to gear

and committees are formed

and decisions are made

and people who want to help people

are helped

that is a good thing

and that's poetiquejustis

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, 

truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Matthew 10:42

Go Fly A Kite

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly

Lauren Bacall

Just because no one has done it

does not mean it cannot be done

Just because no one has thought it

Does not mean it is not a good idea

You are here for a reason

Just imagine that!

and that's poetiquejustis

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31

Got Plans?

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Plubilius Syrius

 Make a plan

Work the plan

Watch the plan unfold

Test the plan

Critique the plan

Listen to what you're told

Make a plan

To change the plan

Make the changes bold

Make a plan

Work the (new) plan

Watch the plan unfold

                                       Repeat as needed

and that's poetiquejustis

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22

What Do You See?

There are only two ways to live your life. 

One is as though nothing is a miracle. 

The other is as though everything is a miracle.” 

– Albert Einstein

A Miracle

A Miracle

A Miracle

Look into one of these

You know what you are seeing?

That's right

A Miracle

That's you 

and that's poetiquejustis 

 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Psalm 139:14

Why So Angry?

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools

Albert Einstein

We all get angry once in a while

It is a response- a secondary emotion

But most of us discard it and get back to living

                                                                 But there are those

who wear their anger at everything

like a badge of honor

Anger that in most cases comes

clearly out of ignorance

  of facts

Because facts do not matter

What matters is keeping that bonfire of anger stoked

Stephen Hawking said:
People will not have time for you

if you are always angry and complaining

He sure had that right

and that's poetiquejustis

Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

James 1:20

Now You See It

Make visible what without you may perhaps never have been seen

Robert Bresson

It's magic!

You find beauty where others find fault!

You find hope where others see no way out!

You see the good

You see the marvel

And what you see, you share

And then suddenly, we all can see

That is amazing!

YOU are amazing!

And that's poetiquejustis

                    But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
                                                                Matthew 13:16