Beyond Knowing

 

Knowledge is a fine thing

Moliere

Very true

Knowledge IS a fine thing

the seeds of learning are planted there

and

Wisdom is a finer thing

because that unlocks what is hidden in the knowledge

and

Compassion is even a finer thing

and

wisdom with compassion is the finest thing of all
because that is where
the mind and the heart
have become a soul
 

and that's poetiquejustis

"Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 

Zechariah 7:10

There You Are!

 

 “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” R W Emerson

Over here!

No- over here!

Do this!

Be that!

Change hats!

Change gears!

Enough already!

 I am calling the shots now

So take a number!

and I will happily be all you want me to be

when you want me to be

how you want to be me

as soon as I am finished

BEING ME

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

Effort More or Less

 

Keep the faculty of effort alive in you

by a little gratuitous practice every day.

William James

Give it a try

Give it a push

Give it a shove

Put a little elbow grease in there

                                                 Take it all in

Give it some love

Give it some care

The let it all out!

This is your Life- 

Your journey

make an effort

And that's poetiquejustis

            Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men
                                          Colossians 3:23

Brighten up!

 

If you have good thoughts

they will shine out of your face like sunbeams

and you will always look lovely

Ronald Dahl

from Matilda

 Today

You may need to be the sun in someone's day

please smile for them

You may need to be the light in someone's eyes

shine brightly for them

and if you think you look silly when you smile-

check yourself out when you frown

As Eliza Cook said:

why should we strive with cynic frown

to knock their fairy castle down?

Today

Be somebody's sunbeam

and that's poetiquejustis

‘The Lord bless you
    and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you
    and be gracious to you;the Lord turn his face towards you
    and give you peace.’

Numbers 6:24-26

Here's an Idea

 

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Samuel Johnson

Ideas live behind the words

Like the queen behind the castle wall

Words herald her approach

But can never really express her majesty 

The grandeur

The mystery

Of what has been brought into the world-

a new idea

and that's poetiquejustis

Be you transformed by the renewing of your mind

Romans 12:2

The Cast of Characters

 

You will often meet with characters in nature so extravagant

that a discreet poet would not venture 

to set them upon the stage.

Lord Chesterfield

Letters to His Son

We have many colorful characters in our life

The wise

The brave

Even if they don't know yet which way is up!

 

There is the artist lost in their work

The poet lost in their words

The writer of the Great American Novel...

The scientist who has lost it so that the rest of us can find it

They all stroll through the world

A breed unto themselves

And we are all better for it

and that's poetiquejustis

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; 

teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. 

Proverbs 9:9

What are you Waiting For?

 

All moments are key moments and life itself is grace

  Frederich Buechner

 

 

Waiting

Any time now, something great is going to happen...just waiting...

Something big!  Something life-changing!

 

Just waiting for a little more time to pass, and then it will all happen

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

Until suddenly time passes by

and I have to wonder...

What was I waiting for?

And that's poetiquejustis

But as to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you.

I Thessalonians 5:1