Sit This One Out

 

 

 I don't think you can write novels on the road.

Leonard Cohen

 Life on the run

 

Life on a merry-go-round

 

Life  always

 

A traveling circus

 

It can happen even if you stay in one place

A peaceful life begins in the heart

 

Moves to the head

 

And lands you on your feet

 And from there, the sky is the limit.

And that's poetiquejustis

 

Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. 

Colossians 2:27

Make Them Count

 

The talent is in the choices.

Robert De Niro

There are things you cannot choose

Your height

Where you were born

Forget about those things

Make the choices you can

Make them well and make them count

Stop wasting talent on what you cannot change

and use your talent

to make the choices

that make a change

and that's poetiquejustis

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,

 as good stewards of God's varied grace

1 Peter 4:10

Having the Last Word

 

Kind words are the music of the world

F W Farber

Kindness is the melody

That always is in harmony

And kind words are the lyrics of the song

Gentle words invite a smile

and  shoos away all wrath and guile

They make the world want to sing along

Kindness has the last word

and that's poetiquejustis

                                    Sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord
                                                                  Ephesians 5:19

The Air Apparent

 

There is a blessing in the air

William Wordsworth

You do not always see it

Or hear it

Or feel it

And you may not always acknowledge it

as you let it drift by

But it is there

 in the very air

The blessing of life

and that's poetiquejustis

                                  I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.
                                                                 John 10:10

Life is A Miracle

 

As for me, 

I know nothing else in life

but miracles.

Walt Whitman

Taking it for granted

The little things

And the big things

Just expecting they will always be there

And you will stop and see them tomorrow

You know

You can miss a lot of miracles that way

and that's poetiquejustis 

The heavens declare the glory of God; 

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalm 19:1

Wear It Well

 

The world wears well.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The seasons have no problem with change

From light to dark

From pastel to burnished

The seasons simply come and go

And do not seem to care what we think about it

The seasons are very wise.

Think about it...

and that is poetiquejustis

To every thing there is a season

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Something Simple and Good

 

'There is something simple and good

in all this.'

Cherringham-  Matthew Costello

Remember when facts did not need to be checked

And truth did not need to be re-defined?

 When we were not afraid to open the paper

Or talk to a friend about current affairs

Seems to me, things were a lot 

kinder

simpler

and friendly

not that long ago.

I say we  find it-

walk away from the darkness

                                                                    In to the light

It is that simple

and that's poetiquejustis

                                                       
                                                              Seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 34:14

Cross that Bridge

 

What seems like courage is really persistence

Barbara Gordon

Not to be overwhelmed by waves of our own making

Not to be driven down by storms that we create

Not to be forced to a halt by bridges that we burned

Or whether you

go the distance

face the storms

finding a way to the other side

That is courage

That takes persistence 

And that's poetiquejustis

Galatians 6:9  

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, 

if we do not give up.