Somebody

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. 

Then I realized I was somebody.

Lily Tomlin

"somebody should do something about that..."

"somebody should write a letter...."

"somebody should get that fixed..."

"somebody should say something..."

Somebody is going to be very busy if we don't lend a hand!

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not refrain from doing what is excellent as long as you are able.

Proverbs 3:27

Success Unseen

The real moment of success 

is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

George Bernard Shaw

The time you did not strike back 

The dieting day when you did not give in

The time you put yourself out

The times you put others first

Those times that no one saw but meant so much

Those are your biggest victories

And they can happen every day

And that's poetiquejustis

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:34

Razzle Dazzle

"Successful" people are the ones who think of things
for the rest of the world to keep busy at

Don Marquis

Keeping the world busy

Keeping the world entertained

Keeping the world in a state of so much

 that we miss the one thing we should
be seeing-

life.
Focus.
and that's poetiquejustis

        Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:  

^{I Thessolonians 4:11-12}

Choices

The talent is in the choices.

Robert De Niro

There are things you cannot choose

Your height

Where you were born

Forget about those things

Make the choices you can

Make them well and make them count

Stop wasting talent on what you cannot change

and use your talent

to make the choices

that make a change

and that's poetiquejustis

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,

 as good stewards of God's varied grace

1 Peter 4:10

Where did I leave my words?

“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God

 who is sending a love letter to the world.”

  ~ Mother Teresa 

Today, will my words draw the line...

Or erase a hurt....

Will I help others to color their dreams

and happily lose a bit of myself along the way?

At the end of the day, I want to be less than I was this morning

Because in some small way

I was able to make you more than you were when the day began

and that's poetiquejustis

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,

 but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Philippians 2:3

When Life Passes the Hat

It is up to each of us to contribute something wonderful to this world

Nora Neale Houston

Whatever you have to give

give it with all your heart

your art

your song

your encouragement

your words

so...

when life passes the hat

contribute

and that's poetiquejustis

In the same way, let your light shine before others, 

that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Numbering Your Days

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life,

 and every setting sun be to you as its close

John Ruskin

Begin each day with wonder

End each day with wisdom

Travel lightly

Savor

 

Leave grace in your wake

Repeat as often as Life allows

and that's poetiquejustis

 Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months

and have set limits he cannot exceed.

Job 14:5