May 28-A, 2023

Edisto Beach Sunset 11/16/2013 Oil Paint Rendered — Edisto Island, South Carolina
We all need to go
sit down in a quiet place
and wait for realization/awareness/enlightenment. 

Enlightened beings do not do "it"
the way we do "it."

Seeing things changes things.

We are stuck where we are
because we do not look
and wait to see.

We are all pin balls 
looking for a flipper.
And anything will do.

Nothing can be done for us
in our present state of chaos.

Upheaval and disarray 
characterize our day,
and we are not pleased
with anything for long.

And there is nothing wrong with us
that the right kind of reflection
and realization won't transform
into the way things need to be--
which is always at the expense
of how we want things to be,
because everyone has to grow up
against their will.

Once we grasp this fundamental fact
of existence,
everything is instantly transformed
in an "Oh. Okay, then," kind of way. 

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Published by jimwdollar

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, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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