Indeed

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Peter Marshall

Plant one flower

if you cannot plant a field

and you will learn how to grow

Hum a few notes

If you cannot sing a cantata

and your heart will learn to sing

Enjoy the moment

Because moments add up to a life

Little things

are big things 

if you do them

and that's poetiquejustis

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much"

Luke 16:10

 

Just a Little Extra

We may as well try to make ourselves extraordinary

Sir Francis Bacon

Simple

Extra-ordinary

Simple

Extra-ordinary

Simple

Extra-ordinary

Sometimes, life just needs you to add

a little color here and there

to make it all

and that's poetiquejustis

I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 10:10

 

Get the Lead Out

A #2 pencil and a dream

can take you anywhere.

Joyce Meyer

 

The lowly pencil...

Anonymous among its brethren

Are like the very good people we meet along the way

They are there for the big tests in life

Ready to give us another chance

Always happy to help us learn

 Or just while away the hours

Pencils...like a very good friend

Always seem to get the point

and never think you are dull

We may find more elegant tools 

 

But remember the  #1 lesson from the lowly #2 pencil

 

And that's poetiquejustis

I will never leave you nor forsake you

Hebrews 13

 

How The Day Begins

 

Peace begins with a smile

Mother Teresa

Daylight begins with the sun

 

Evening begins with the stars

and everything else that is good

begins with a

Like a street lamp in the fog

or a light in the window

You never know

what your smile can mean

to the weary traveler 

on this journey of life

and that's poetiquejustis

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future

Proverbs 31:25

The End of the Beginnings

 

Gratitude makes sense of our past

brings peace for today

and creates vision for tomorrow

Melody Beattie 

There are times when patience 

is not my strong suit

Red lights

Books that do not know when to end

these things bother me

But they also can teach me a lesson

This morning

 I was frustrated at how long

it was taking the water dispenser on my refrigerator

to fill my glass

Then I thought about these ladies

and these ladies

and these ladies

and I thought better of it

and that's poetiquejustis

Give thanks in all circumstances; 

for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

I Thessalonians 5:18

Just Be There

 

I learn by going to where 

I have to go

Theodore Roethke

We do the things we have to do

We say the things we have to say

We do the work that needs to be done

We delight in the small things

We overlook the slights

And we help those who need help

We are....in a word

human

and that's poetiquejustis

                                                      Learn to do right; seek justice.
                                                        Defend the oppressed.
                                                   Take up the cause of the fatherless;
                                                          plead the case of the widow. 
                                                                   Isaiah 1:17

Expectations

 

Life is largely a matter of expectation

Horace

I expect the sun to shine

Even if only the clouds can see it

When the seas of life are stormy

 

I expect the waves that the waves are rolling gently to shore

Somewhere

I expect the day to bring joy

The night to bring peace

And the hours to bring opportunity

And I expect that I will be present to receive all of that

I expect the best of you and me

Whatever that looks like

and that's poetiquejustis

"Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectations and memory.”

C S Lewis