margins

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Socrates

I heard a great discussion about this yesterday- and I thought I would share it

The speaker talked about leaving" margins" in our lives

Areas where there was nothing but space.

I liked that image

Places you can tiptoe into 

Stop a while 

and breathe

Before you step back in to the blur that life can so easily become

Without those places of retreat

 Those moments of sanctuary

 You will never be any more than you are right now

And as you drain and drain and drain yourself

You could become quite a bit less than who you ever were.


Today, I will not scribble on every inch of the page

I will leave margins on the page

I will not write below this line
And that's poetiquejustis

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid

 John 14:27

The Real Deal

Once you become real, you cannot become unreal.

It lasts for always.

Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

It's not easy being real

When you are real you get bumped and bruised and  bothered

You get lost and found and mystified

Ah, but once you are real, there is no turning back!

Because as George Bernard Shaw said

"Life is not about finding yourself

Life is about creating yourself"

So, you may as well keep it real

and that's poetiquejustis

 Not that I have already obtained all this, 

or have already been made perfect, 

but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me

Philippians 3:12

Scales and Measures

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Jean De La Fontaine

 

I live in Orange County where size is everything

Houses and watches have to be big

 

Bodies and iPads have to be thin

 

Texts have to be brief

 

And salaries have to be 6 figures

 

Sizing it all up...... Unless there is depth to

 our thoughts,

 our love

 and our compassion

                                                     we all come up short

                                                  and that's poetiquejustis

 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

Matthew 6:25

In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King

We all want to know which way to go

We all want to be great in some tangible way

We all have questions

Some find the answer

by whatever means they have

In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King

And that's poetiquejustis

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  

I Corinthians 13

Succeeding at Success

"I'm not opposed to success."

Father Greg Boyle

author Tattoos on the Heart

Success is good.

In fact...

given the alternatives-

 it is VERY good

What is not good is when other people

define success for you.

That is not success.

That is living out someone's else's vision

while you follow blindly

You will never know if you have succeeded

Until you know what success looks like

Through your own eyes

Because in "success"

there has to be a

and that's poetiquejustis

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.  

Psalm 1:1-2

Where Wisdome Lives

Knowledge is a fine thing

Moliere

Very true

Knowledge IS a fine thing

the seeds of learning are planted there

Wisdom is a finer thing

because that unlocks what is hidden in the knowledge

Compassion is even a finer thing

learning to have

wisdom with compassion is the finest thing of all
 

because that is when
the mind and the heart and joined

to become a soul
 

and that's poetiquejustis

"Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 

Zechariah 7:10

Batter Up

I don't compare 'em. I just catch them.

Willie Mays

Today

 Life is winding up for pitch

It may come at you fast

And it  is going to have curves

Some days you just won't quite make it

and other days......

This is not the time 

to be worrying about the pitch!

This is your time

You are up at bat

Make it count

 and that's poetiquejustis

Let your eyes look right on with fixed purpose,

and let your gaze be straight before you.

Proverbs 4:25