How the Pieces Come Together

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Virginia Woolf

The corners where your life touches others

The borders that you define

The landscapes of your thoughts

These all make up the pieces our life

and how well we live will determine

how the pieces come together

And that's poetiquejustis

God, pick up the pieces. Put me back together again. You are my praise!

Jeremiah 17:4

The Message Version 

The Wonder of It All

I feel again the spark of the ancient flame

Virgil

You remember...

The first barefoot day with grass between your toes...

The awe and wonder of the sea inside of a shell

The kingdoms you could see from your swinging throne

The dreams you had that you knew would come true

Those things have not changed

Go!  Find them! 

That spark of wonder is still a part of you

and that's poetiquejustis

O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
    Your plans for us are too numerous to list.

Psalm 40:5 

 

Time and Again

If you are losing your leisure-

look out- you may be losing your soul.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Leisure does not mean

you have to pack it all up and head to the islands

Leisure only takes a moment

To speak to a daisy

To nod to a leaf

                                    To say hello to your neighbors

If you do not have time to do those things

It may be time

to make the time

And that's poetiquejustis

But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” 

My times are in your hand 

Psalm 31

Home At Last

When I was home, I was in a better place.

Shakespeare

Home is not just where you live

It is a feeling

It is who you are

It is being comfortable in your skin

In your thoughts

In your ideas.

It is building a life

And where you grow

Home.

Only you will know when you are really there

and that's poetiquejustis

Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

Micah 4:4

Game On!

Real difficulties can be overcome

It is only the imagined ones that are unconquerable

Theodore Vail, Industrialist

We all know that we should choose our battles

Wage the righteous wars

Know our enemy

All well and good

But make sure there is really a battle

Really a war

and really an enemy

Before you take on the fight

and that's poetiquejustis

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen,

 slow to speak 

and slow to become angry

James 1:19

Those Small Beginnings

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment

Jim Rohn 

It is a funny thing about the bridge to success

You build it as you cross it

Until suddenly, 

Your are on the other side

 and all it took was committing to

 one step at a time

and that's poetiquejustis  

"Who dares despise the day of small things"

Zechariah 4:10

It is Just Civilized

One of civilizations tasks is to find rituals

that give human existence significance.

John Barrington Baylor

The bike that learned to ride

The kite that learned to fly

The candles that filled the cake

The flag that is flown

The flag that is folded

Rituals

The life moments

Take note of yours 

 

and pass them on

And that's poetiquejustis

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down 

and when you get up.

 Deuteronomy 11:9