June 07, 2023 -A

Linville Falls 07/13/2012 Oil Paint Rendered — Blue Ridge Parkway, Linville Gorge, Linville Falls, North Carolina
Getting, acquiring, amassing, owning, having, possessing, doing,
achieving, winning, etc.,
add noise, complexity, drama and trauma
to our life,
disrupts our balance and harmony,
increases turmoil,
bedlam,
chaos
and uncertainty,
and has us where we are.

Everything has to serve 
balance and harmony,
integrity,
sincerity,
spontaneity,
spirit,
energy
and vitality--
in the service
of our original nature
and our inherent virtues/specialties/qualities.

Intuition,
instinct,
inclination
and resonance,
are proper guides
to life, being and action,
and are accessed best
through
emptiness,
stillness and silence.

All of which culture and society abhor.

Leaving us with decisions to make
regarding 
how we spend our money
and how we spend our time
in answering the questions,
"Who are we?"
"What are we about?"
"Where do we go from here 
with our life?"

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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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