July 08, 2023 – B

The Tree at Peaks of Otter 05/30/2012 Oil Paint Rendered — Blue Ridge Parkway, Bedford, Virginia
What do you like to do?
What are the things you do best?
Could be crossword puzzles.
Or picture puzzles.
How long has it been since you've done 
the things you like to do
and the things you do best?

They are likely to be the same things.
Maybe not.
Tying my shoes is one thing I do best.
I do it every day.
Sometimes I like to do it.

I'm really good at a lot of things
I don't particularly enjoy doing.
But the two things belong to me,
separate me from you
and everyone else in the room/world,
set me apart,
make me me.
Bring me forth.
Wa-La.
Here I am.
There you are.

So do what you love to do,
and do what you do best,
and let those things take you
to who you are
and what is yours to do.

Trust them as one might trust
a faithful guide
through all of the circumstances of life.

Take your guidance and direction
from the things you love to do 
and the things you do best.

Give yourself to them
and see where they lead,
where they take you,
where you go in their service.

I love to write.
Look at me.
Here I am.
Doing what I love to do.

I love to take photos,
and to work with them and Photoshop.
Look at me.
Here I am.
Doing what I do best.
Showing off.
Having fun.

How long has it been
since you showed off?
Had fun?

Need I say more?

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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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