Steady On

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Move with intention

so that you may meditate on the moment

Move with ease so that life may impart its grace

Move and keep on moving

but do not feel the need to run

Give life the respect of a steady pace

and it will pay you back with the journey of a lifetime

and that's poetiquejustis
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
Isaiah 30:15

Drifting By

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

It Just Doesn't Add Up...

If it is a penny for your thoughts 

and you are putting in your two cents, 

then someone, somewhere is making a penny.

Steven Wright

If the verbal economy seems to be on a fiscal cliff
blame me

Because lately, I have been saving my mental pennies

I have been passing up the opportunities

to toss in my cognitive coppers

 

Or pitch my penny against the rhetorical wall

  I am saving my coin operated- thoughts for a rainy day

Banking on tomorrow 

and seeing what happens

if I just give those thoughts a little time to grow

and that's poetiquejustis

She speaks wisely, teaching with gracious love.

Proverbs 31:26

Little by Litttle

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things 

are infinitely the most important.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A single rose

A friendly smile

Someone to walk with you

That extra mile

A setting sun

An ice cream cone

Feeling that you are not alone

After the glitter and the glamor chatter

You know it is the little things that really matter

and that's poetiquejustis

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, 

and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 6:33

A Little Help From My Friends...and Strangers

People must help one another;

 it is nature's law.  

Jean de La Fontaine

The race is on

People  trying to get from here to there

Trying to reach a lofty goal

 or just making it through the day

But here is the score...

If you are the one to help others on their way

Your race is already won

and that is poetiquejustis

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,

 but only one gets the prize?

Run in such a way as to get the prize.

1 Corinthians 9:24

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I Was Just Wondering...

A single event can awaken within us

 a stranger totally unknown to us. 

To live is to be slowly born.

 Antoine de Saint Exupery

Have you ever wondered where the wonder has gone?

I have.   Often.

I wonder if it is because we box ourselves in to the known

And we give ourselves no new wonders to wonder about

The wonders are still out there

We just have to go and find them!

 SO....

Out of the box!

Out of the chair!

Go!  And we are off to find the wonderful unknown!

We don't have to look very far!

Just by going the wondrous few inches of the universe just beyond our horizon

Can make all the difference

and that's poetiquejustis

He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.  Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.

Luke 9:3-4

Between the pages

We tell ourselves stories in order to live

Joan Didion

Once upon a time

there was you

and all the things you wanted to do

All the places you wanted to see

All the things you said you would be

And now- here you are

This is your story- go! fill the page!

The dreams still live between the pages of your life-

All that has changed are the chapters!

and that's poetiquejustis

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:6