Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Thursday, October 2, 2025

Where have you gone?

 

Just remain in the center watching 
and then forget that you are there
Lao Tzu
 


You see it all


The chaos


The greed





The cold and the heartless

You see it all, you care
And yet you remain serene

How can that be?
 
Because you know how to live within


that's where you find peace
and that's poetiquejustis
 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 1They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.  Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John 17:15-17

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Neck and Neck with Life

 

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Agatha Christie
Neck and neck
Pulling ahead ahead
Lagging behind
Where's the fire?
What's the hurry?

Once you are out of the gate
 
Just enjoy the journey!


                                                         But to do that, you have to get started
                                                                           So...it is time
 out of the gate...
Bravo!
You are on your way!
and that's poetiquejustis
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Star Gazing

 

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will love the darkness 
because it shows me the stars.
Og Mandino

                                                                              Celebrate the sky!
whether if is clear



or cloudy

In sun and wind and even darkness.
                                                                             
Greet the stars

They do not shout or glare

Today, be a star
and quietly shine

Anna Quindlen wrote:

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change
 my life. 
It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.
Today, if you will let yourself shine, the darkness will clear a path 
and that's poetiquejustis

 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. I John1:5

Monday, September 29, 2025

Desire

 

One must desire something in order to be alive
Margaret Deland
The word desire comes from "de sidere"
"what the stars will bring"
Is that why we wish upon a star?
Do you ever wish upon a star?
When no one is looking 
Is there something so deep in your soul that it reaches out to a star
That is the desire of your heart!
Go!  Desire!  
It just means you are alive
and that's poetiquejustis
Delight yourself in the LORD 
and he will give you the desires of your hear
Psalm 37:4

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Go!

 

You've got to outlast yourself
Clint Eastwood



Have you ever felt like just pulling off on to the shoulder of life

Tipping your hat over your eyes and just going to sleep?


Has leaning against a tree and contemplating the clouds forever

 seemed like a good idea?

In other words- do you feel as though your dream has lost its steam?

Not the case at all!
You just needed a rest!
You are just getting going!
You are powering up!

Getting in gear!
Ready to finish the race!
That's how you do it!
and that's poetiquejustis
And let us not grow weary of doing good,
 for in due season we will reap, 
if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Stringing Life Along

 

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly
Lauren Bacall

                                                Today, look at life from another perspective

Look out, look up, look beyond


Hang on to what you have

 see where it can take you


Then enjoy the view!
That is worth imagining

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

Friday, September 26, 2025

You Got It

 

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

Thursday, September 25, 2025

A Taste for Living

 

Life itself is the proper binge
Julia Child
Life!   Take a whack at it!
let the good times roll
Dish it out
and take it in
Stir things up!
Bowl them over!
Heat it up!
But above all else
                                                               Enjoy the process!
                                                            and that's poetiquejustis
                                              So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
                                                       do all to the glory of God.         
                                                              1 Corinthians  10:31