And So On and So On

Kind words can be short

and be easy to speak

but the echoes are truly endless

Mother Teresa

When you say something kind

When you do something nice

When you put someone else first

You are giving another person

Something to give away

To someone who did not have it either

so they can give it away

and so on 

and so on

and it all started with you!

and that's poetiquejustis

Love each other with genuine affection, 

and take delight in honoring each other.

Romans 12:10

 

The Limits

 

The world of reality has its limits

The world of imagination is boundless.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

There is reality

and then there is  reality

There are days lived between what was and what could have been

And there are days colored by what can and will be

Choose your colors 

and you choose your life

And that's poetiquejustis

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:13 

Take A Shot

 

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take

Wayne Gretzky

Mind check:

When you have an idea- is your inclination to  focus on why it will not work?

Are you so busy looking at both sides of the coin 

That you lose sight of the goal?

Michael Jordan said:

 

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times

 I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. 

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life.

 And that is why I succeed.

Take the shot!

And that's poetiquejustis

But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed,

 but to those who have faith and are saved.

Hebrews 10:39

Because you made the Journey

 

To be disciplined is to be free

J C Penney

To be able to catch the wind of change

because you looked ahead

To be able to follow the road ahead

because you learned the way

To arrive at your destination

because you made the journey

To do all this 

because you did what you had to do

And  you did what needed to be done

That is  a disciplined life

And that's poetiquejustis

For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; 

their corrective discipline is the way to life.

Proverbs 6:23

Remember Who You Are

 

I have to learn to be myself again- that's all

Dorothy Lessing

Just like this little girl,

I walked out of the house one morning
to go to kindergarten 

I was certain that I understood the world

I came home 6 hours later feeling as though 

I knew nothing at all

As the years went by

that did not change

because

It takes a long time to remember who you were

After you have been told
who you are supposed to be

But now,
I think I remember

and I will never forget
again

and that's poetiquejustis 

Therefore if any person be in Christ, they are a new creature: 
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Get M. A. D. (Make a difference)

 

You are the way you are because that is the way you want to be

Fred Smith

Do you want to be happier?

Then...

Do you want to be at peace?

Then...

Do you want to make a difference in this world?

Choose to make a difference.

Then do something small or big today to  make the world a little better

If you want things to be better inside and out

Choose that life

  Choose that change

 and choose to live it

and that's poetiquejustis

 Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; 

the old things passed away; 

behold, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Talent on Display

  Hide not your talents
They for use were made
What is a sundial in the shade?
Benjamin Franklin

Write it!

Sing it!

Sell it!

Preach it!

Dance it!

Act it!

Cook it!

Got a talent?

Use it?

Who wants to be a sundial in the shade?

Not you!

and that's poetiquejustis

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 

Matthew 5:14-16