Have a Little Faith

 This too shall pass.

Medieval Proverb

Hold on

This cannot last forever

Here is how it is

there are times when

you are going to have a little faith

because

this too shall pass.

Really.

and that's poetiquejustis

This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.
Genesis 8:11

 

Use Your Words

What happens to me when I'm provoked is that I get tongue-tied and my mind goes blank.

Kathleen in You've Got Mail 

Ah... how I envy Kathleen

Blessedly at  a loss for words!

When I am provoked, my mind fills up

like a lagoon at high tide,
 leaving only little islands of higher ground to which I wish I would flee!

When am I going to get it?

If someone throws a line

and you take the bait

 you are cooked!

But let it go by...maybe even throw in a kind word

and you both live to swim another day

and that's poetiquejustis

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

1 Corinthians 13:5

 

With All Your Heart

It is up to each of us to contribute something wonderful to this world

Nora Neale Houston

Whatever you have to give

give it with all your heart

your art

your song

your encouragement

your words

so...

when life passes the hat

contribute

and that's poetiquejustis

In the same way, let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

 

Life in Motion

An object at rest tends to stay at rest

and an object in motion tends to stay in motion

Sir Isaac Newton

There is motion

And there is motion

And there is stopping

And there is knowing when the race is done

the real wisdom comes

is knowing the difference

and that's poetiquejustis

An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

                                         2 Timothy 2:5

 

Nice to Meet Me

It has never been natural for me to deviate from the facts of anything before me

Norman Rockwell

Look me in the eye

Stand before me- toe to toe

Put out your hand and give me a shake

 Now that wasn't so bad, was it?

Hello...I am who you have been

afraid to be

I am what you never thought you could do

I am what you never made time for

I am who you never thought you had in you.

Well.... here I am

Been here all the time

Just waiting for you

and now that we have met- 

let's go live some life together!

 

Einstein said:

 Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Limits?

Accepted.

Now- go!

and that's poetiquejustis

Well done, good and faithful servant. 

You have been faithful in a few things

I will put you in charge of many.

Matthew 25:23

 

 

Your Day in History

 

Live out your imagination

not your history

Arthur Bryan

History is great

Some of my favorite people can be found there

It's a nice place to visit

But it is not a place to live

Living takes place in your today

 You are not who you were

and the world is not what it was

so

And that's poetiquejustis

Don’t ask, 

“Why were things better in the old days than they are now?”

 It isn’t wisdom that leads you to ask this!

Ecclesiastes 7:10

A Sense of City

 I have never found salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

Michelangelo

I am an unabashed city girl

I love the energy

The stories

The imagination that went into its creation

 

The possibilities around each corner

 

The pockets of green 

Tucked into the garments of concrete

 Ian Seed said

"The city disappears street by street as you enter it."

 

It become neighborhoods

 People

 It becomes

You

And that's poetiquejustis 

Work for the good of the city where I have placed you and pray to the Lord for that city. When it prospers, you will also prosper.

Jeremiah 29