Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Davidson River Fall 10/13/2011 Oil Paint Rendered — Pisgah National Forest, Brevard, North Carolina
The spiritual quest
is the search for what matters--
across time.
The foundation of knowing
is emptiness/stillness/silence,
avoiding noise/complexity/drama.
What matters is
emptiness/stillness/silence.
What doesn't matter is
noise/complexity/drama.
How much emptiness/stillness/silence
is in your life?
How much noise/complexity/drama
is in your life?
With noise/complexity/drama come
distraction/diversion/interference.
Instead of advising medication to control
ADHD Syndrome,
why don't they just say,
"You have too f-ing much that doesn't matter in your life!
Start shutting doors!"?
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters and five granddaughters within about twenty minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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Amen,amen, and amen!
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