You Can Get There From Here

 

One cannot find peace in work or pleasure; in the world or in a convent; but only in one's soul

William Somerset Maugham

You cannot buy it on iTunes

You cannot fly there from here

You cannot marry it,

 date it, 

journal it 

or bake it

Peace....simply is 

if you allow it to be

and that's poetiquejustis

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” 

John 16:33

Live It All

 

“Do not now seek the answers which cannot be given you

 because you would not be able to live them 

and the point is 

to live everything. 

Live the questions now….”

Rainer Maria Rilke

There are a few great things about getting older

One is not having to have all the answers

The other is just enjoying the questions

I always want to have more questions than answers 

 

More plans than completions

 

More tickets to ride than journey's ends

 

The point, as Rilke said, 

is to live everything

one piece at a time

that is something that I do not question

and that's poetiquejustis

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:7

In This Moment

 

There are some things you learn best in calm and some in storm

Willa Cather

In the quiet moments

In the lonely moments

In times of fear

In times of courage

In times of hope

In times of despair

Above all else

May we learn to be wise

and that's poetiquejustis

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.

James 3:17

Come Dance With Me

 My heart beats in three-quarter time
Eric Kandel

Always a little ahead of ourselves

 

Step one two
Step one two





 
 












 The waltz of life


Circling the room

Lightly held in the arms of fate

Step one two
Step one two


 








The music of the moment flowing through you

Propelling you in ever widening
Ever decreasing circles

 Step one two
Step one two

Waiting for the dance to begin

Or to end

Forgetting for the moment

That you are the dancer and the dance
And that's poetiquejustis

And David danced before the Lord with all his might.
2 Samuel 6:14

Momentous!

 

Each moment is a place where you have never been

Mark Strand

Amazing, isn't it?

No moment is like the next

No teardrop has a twin

No sunset has a double

So how is it

 

That we are ever bored?

And that's poetiquejustis

 

The heavens declare the glory of God; 

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Psalm 19:1

Taking Life on the Road

 

The path is yours to choose

The song is yours to sing

The words are yours to say

This life is yours to live

So what is stopping you

from doing it

with all your heart?

That is the question

and that's poetiquejustis

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:21

Keeping It Real

 

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

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-

Our own life and all its possibilities.
So, when they try to sell you the old razzle dazzle

Tune them out

Listen to your own song instead
 to remind yourself of what is really happening

and that's poetiquejustis

        Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:  

^{I Thessalonians 4:11-12}