Believe it or Not

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness

George Santayana 

I believe in you

I believe in what you can do

I believe in your dreams

In your schemes

In your plans 

and in your visions

But I cannot believe alone!

Believe along with me

and watch the happiness begin!

and that's poetiquejustis

                                       “With man this is impossible, but with God
                                                            all things are possible.
                                                                        Matthew 19:26

Good Cheer!

An hour's industry will do more to produce cheerfulness,

suppress evil humors

and retrieve your affairs

than a month's moaning.

Ben Franklin

Cluttered closets

Junk drawers

Files in disarray

Garages that have fallen victim to the second law of thermodynamics

What a blessing!

These are mindless ventures where you can dive in and see immediate results

Suddenly, you are once again master of your destiny

Captain of your soul

Now- you are ready to take on the world!

Georgia O'Keeffe said in a biography that she could not paint until her drawers were organized

I get that- don't you?

and that's poetiquejustis

Let all things be done decently and in good order.

I Corinthians 14:40

Just a Little Dust Up

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Pablo Picasso

 My soul got rather dusty this week

The color scrubbed away by computer screens

and meetings 

and   clocks that crept at alarming speed towards deadlines

Yes....my soul got rather dusty this week

but it is Saturday

and Lyndon B Johnson said:

"Every man has the right to a Saturday night bath"

           Really! He said that.

So I am exercising my right to a Saturday bathing of the soul

And I will only look at what is beautiful

And listen to only what is sweet to my ears

 Yes....that is my plan for this Saturday.....right after I do the laundry

and that's poetiquejustis

"......a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
    instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair."

Isaiah 61:3

The Art of the Lost

I am for the art of things lost

Claes Oldenberg

Recently, when we bought a house

We were able to rescue family mementos from a storage unit

And bring them home.

So many things that would mean absolutely nothing to anyone else

And yet are the bits and pieces that tie our life together

One such as this is a battered and love-worn teddy

 I got for my 6th Christmas

The bear is a testimony to survival-mine and the bear's

Across the miles and across the years

we both may look a little travel weary 

But, to quote the great songwriter Stepen Sondheim:

"Good times and bum times

I've seen 'em all 

and my dear

I'm still here!"

and that's poetiquejustis
 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
Deuteronomy 32:7

Skip the Drip

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Lucretius

It may not seem like much....

That morning traffic day after day

The constant gloom of the nightly news

The unsmiling face that is always in your face

But it can wear you down

Detour!

Stay out of the path of the dripping

and get to where the you can be high and dry!

 and that's poetiquejustis

A happy heart makes the face cheerful

Romans 1:9

Gusto!!

You will do foolish things

but do them with enthusiasm

Colette

There are days when

You will order the fish and chips 

instead of the salad

Do it with gusto

There are times when

You will stay up all night 

reading a new novel

Don't regret a minute of it

In this life

You will love the wrong person

Wear the wrong shoes

Say the wrong thing

Do you know what that all means?

It means you are living!

and that's poetiquejustis

 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

2 Corinthians 12:9