Making Living Melodious

 

                   There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer

Walter Savage Landor

Singing alone

Singing a  duet

in a choir

Or out on a limb

It does not matter! 

If you have a deam

live it!

and if you have a song- sing it
 

Because somewhere inside of us all

there is a dream waiting to take flight

and a song

waiting to be free

and that's poetiquejustis

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. 

Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

Psalm 40:3

You Have Good Instincts!

                              I go by instinct. I don't worry about experience.

B. Streisand

I am a .......

Go ahead- fill in the blank

I am good at

Go ahead- shout it out!

Only you know the answer

Today, you do not have to discover who you are

Discover

                                   You get to uncover who you are TODAY

and that's poetiquejustis

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you,

 in order to bring praise to God.

Romans 15:7

Above It All

 

To fly we have to have resistance

Maya Lin

 Sculptor and Architect

In order to do more than just exist

                                 Don't paint yourself in a corner with sketchy ideas

Take the bars off the windows of your mind

You may make a new friend

                                          And see more than you ever have before

Rise above it all

And you may see things from a different angle many different angles

And that's poetiquejustis

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31

all images are from the works and life of Maya Lin

Ob Portem Veniems

 

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

John F Kennedy

The word opportunity comes from the Latin phrase ob portem veniems

Coming toward a port

Some come disguised as stormy times

                                    Some linger beneath the every day surface of life

                             Yet they hold the key to the very things we have been longing for

 

 

                      Francis Bacon said: A wise person makes more opportunities than they find

                                        That is very wise

                        And that is poetiquejustis 

                 Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.  Ephesians 5:16

       

 

 

 

Peace Be With You

 

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own today

R W Emerson

Let the thunder roar around us

Let the seas beat against our shores

                                               Let plans be made and chaos swirl

While those who know only how to hurt and not heal

Rage

Day after day they they try to darken the sun

Until the  trees are stark and bare

Press on!

Because today

..

We will be poised, and wise,

 and our own.

and that's poetiquejustis

No weapon formed against you will prosper  

Isaiah 54:17

Dream A Little Dream With Me

 

Do all you can to make your dreams come true

Joel Osteen

If you  have a child

you have an obligation to help that child grow

If you have a pet

you have an obligation to keep that little guy safe

 

And If you have a dream

You have to do both

and that's poetiquejustis

"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:28

One Good Word!

 

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”

Sean Covey

I have some very wise people in my life

And I have often had the benefit of their wisdom

Sometimes unsolicited

But there is one thing I have always remembered

and found to be invariably true:

If someone is talking to you about someone else

They are probably talking about you

when you are not there

It is pretty scary to watch:

A coworker who will slam a colleague behind their back

and then smile prettily to their face

 Yikes!

Let's make a deal to 

                                                           by giving it nowhere to go
                                                                       

                                            Remember the words of Eleanor Roosevelt:

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

and that's poetiquejustis

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

I Thessalonians 5: 11

Where Will You Be? Who Will You Be?

 

 This too shall pass.

Medieval Proverb

Hold on

and help others

This cannot last forever

Unless we do nothing 

unless it becomes the norm

Here is how it is

Even if you are not feeling it 

others are

there are times when

you are going to have to have a little faith

and enough to give away

because

Perhaps this too shall pass.

What matters is what is left 

because of  how you helped

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