Let's Try That Again

The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke

W J Camero

That one last spin of the dial for the salesperson

That one more crack at the books for a student

That extra hour of practice

That last read through to edit

That extra moment of prayer

Those efforts can make all the difference

And that is poetiquejustis

Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

Psalm 27:14

Pace

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar

Helen Keller

To creep

To soar

To run

To walk

We all get there one way or the other

The important part is getting there on your own terms.

and that's poetiquejustis

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Hebrews 12:1

Look, Look, Look..Listen, Listen, Listen

Learning is pleasurable, but doing is the height of enjoyment

Novallis

Learn   learn   learn

Study  study   study

Examine     inspect    investigate

Then go for it!

That's the spirit!

and that's poetiquejustis

Faith without works is dead

James 2:17

Which Way Did I Go?

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction

John F Kennedy 

I have two unfinished manuscripts sitting on my desk

They are being very patient, and only occasionally let their emotions show

But I swear I hear them sighing now and then

"Hey, Lady.....Here is a pen....could we please get on with this?"

But direction and purpose do not come from the pen

or the brain

Direction and purpose comes from the heart

and connects all else

Someday, my books and I  will find that road between my heart and  head

and see where the path may lead

Are there projects waiting for you?

Go...build that path

And you will find the purpose and direction along the way

and that's poetiquejustis

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go

I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Psalm 32:8

Dream a Little Dream with Me

Dreams are the touchstones of our character

Henry David Thoreau

What do you want?

What do you need?

What do you reach for?

What do you hope for?

What do you dream of?

                              Are those wants and needs and reaches and wishes really you?

If your dreams do not reflect you

then who do they reflect?

If we have nothing else in this world-

our dreams should be our own

and that's poetiquejustis

"'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams

Acts 2:17

I Hope You Dance

I hope you dance

Lee Ann Womack

We decided to do an  outdoor scene to hear a friend's band

They were good!

Very good!

People were up and dancing!

But what caught my eye was the homeless woman on the edge of the crowd

Dancing, and singing, and pretending she was part of the party beyond the little fence (and the social gulf)

 that separated her

A lady in the crowd from Germany who did not know that Americans consider the homeless invisible

Brought the homeless woman a plastic cup with ice water and a straw

We all smiled at the German lady for what she did

Well- almost all of us....

You see, the cup made the homeless woman brave and she stepped inside the fence

But the bouncer- a man the size of Montana- "escorted" her out of the area and off the grounds

She could not dance any more

and after that

 neither could I

and that's poetiquejustis

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’  Matthew 25:44-45

Rise Up

To me every hour of light and dark is a miracle.

Walt Whitman

Light rises

Darkness falls

Hopes rise

  and when they do- 

just keep rising with them

and don't look down!

 and that's poetiquejustis

Christ in you, the hope of glory

Colossians 1:27