Growing Up is Silly

I was wise enough to never grow up

while fooling most people into believing I had

Margaret Meade

 

Grown ups eat brie on dry little crackers

Kids like grilled cheese on white

Grown ups chase deals, investors and backers

Kids look for hills to fly kites

Grown ups dither over year end balances

Kids write a letter to Nick

It is Christmas- a time for beauty 

and  wonder

or  

just grown up humbug

!

you pick!

And that's poetiquejustis

And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, 

you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3 

I Heard the Bells

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
    Their old, familiar carols play,
        And wild and sweet
        The words repeat
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Very few of us know that this poem was written 

during the American  Civil War

 No wonder Longfellow's pen had turned to thoughts of peace

And the familiar comfort of the Christmas Bells.

       peace may seem for you today as elusive as it did for him

   in the midst of war

For we all battle something

in fact, Wadsworth also said:

 and so this Christmas day

Seek peace and pursue it

Stop, and hear the music of the Christmas Bells

If only for a moment

and 

If only in your heart

Do you feel it?

That is the joy of Christmas!

And if you receive it

It is yours to have and to hold

And that's poetiquejustis

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.

Psalm 35:9

Where Greatness Abides

Don't be afraid to give up the good and go for the great!

Kenny Rogers

A season of renewal!

A season of Joy!

A season of  Hope!

A time of peace when the heart can be as still as the fallen snow

A time of wonder

A time to feel the greatness of it all.

and time to remember where the greatness truly abides

and that's poetiquejustis

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Simply Miracles

Out of difficulties

grow miracles

Jean de Bruyere

No matter where you find yourself

No matter how barren it all seems

No matter how alone you are

Your life can grow in to a miracle

and that's poetiquejustis

 Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

Luke 12:27

The Price of Happiness

The man is richest

whose pleasures are cheapest

Henry David Thoreau

The sound of laughter around your table

The warmth of a touch

 Familiar footsteps 

coming through the door

The sharing of a moment

or of a lifetime

or just hanging out with a friend

These are the pleasures beyond price

and these are the gifts I wish for you

And that's poetiquejustis

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights 

with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:17

Truth To Tell

Light is the symbol of truth

James Russell Lowell

Day-break  in a city

day-break in the forest

Day-break in soul

When the light of day breaks forths

That which has kept the world in darkness must let go

Today- let the day-break in to your life

and the darkness will let go

and that's poetiquejustis

I have come in to the world as Light so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness.

John 12: 46

Pace Yourself

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Move with intention

so that you may meditate on the moment

Move with ease so that life may impart its grace

Move and keep on moving

but do not feel the need to run

Give life the respect of a steady pace

and it will pay you back with the journey of a lifetime

and that's poetiquejustis