The Write Stuff

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. 

 Benjamin Franklin

 

 

 

Write your  thoughts

Write your dreams

Use indelible ink!

Then give them wings

Umberto Eco said:

"To survive you must tell stories"
Yes- but first you must live stories to tell.
and that's poetiquejustis

 
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
Romans 15:4

Against The Wind

 

She made herself strong by fighting with the wind

F. H. Burnett

"The Secret Garden"

The winds of time

The winds of change

The wind where caution has been thrown

The winds of life can carry you forward or hold you back

Choose your battles

and that's poetiquejustis

The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. 

So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

John 3:8

Keeping Time

 

Until you value yourself, you will not value your time

Until you value your time, you will do nothing
M Scott Peck

Days have a way of following each other

So predictable

One sunrise joins another

One commute follows the next

Another meal

Another day

One after another

so easy to just let it all slip away

with all the talk we hear about values

I hope you make the list of that which is of value

and that's poetiquejustis

The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, 

He will rejoice over you with singing."

Zephaniah 3:17

Care

 

If you can find it in your heart to care for somebody else, 

you will have succeeded. 

Maya Angelou

Caring for others

That is more than doing for others

It is more than buying for others

It is more than  smiling at others

Caring is...

Carrying someone along life's road for a bit

Lending an ear that really hears

Holding a hand that that does not know how to reach out

Caring....caritas...of the heart

and that's poetiquejustis

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:4

As You See It

 

Saul Bellow's said
What is art but a way of seeing

 Yes-
and who are others but how you see them?

 To see the good*

To hear the melody **

To taste the sweetness ***

To feel the power****

of love

Life becomes art

when people care

about other people
especially those who other people
would rather not see.

Can you see that?

and that's poetiquejustis

I was hungry and you fed me,
I was thirsty and you gave me a drink,
I was homeless and you gave me a room,
I was shivering and you gave me clothes,
I was sick and you stopped to visit,
I was in prison and you came to me.’

“Then they  are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’

 Mathew 25

*     Father Greg Boyle:  Homeboy Industries- jobs not jail
**   Lincoln County Inmates Choir
*** Homeboy Bakery: Jobs not jail
**** The Bard Prison Initiative  Woodbourne Correctional Institute College

It's a Sweep

The thing to do is grab the broom

and drive off the beast of fear
N.Houston

Get busy

Get moving

Get some miles under your feet

and some sky in front of your nose

That is how you put the fear behind you

and that's poetiquejustis
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

 

Resolutions and Your Resolve

 

"Resolve and thou art free."

H W Longfellow

"I will"

I don't.

"I can"

I won't

"I believe..."

I'm not sure 

 You have not lost your talent

And you have not even lost your way. 

You have just lost your resolve!

Find it and press on smartly!

and that's poetiquejustis

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart-
Acts 11:23