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?
Together For Now At Last! 09/30/2010 Oil Paint Rendered — Isle Au Haut, Maine
Joseph Campbell was of the opinion that
"reflection leads to new realizations."
Reflection requires emptiness,
stillness,
silence.
Our life is grounded in,
surrounded by,
seems to require
noise,
complexity,
drama/trauma.
Regular retreats into solitude
are vision quests
into the inner world
that is vibrantly alive
and replete with everything
we need to find what we need
to deal with what's happening now
and get up and do what needs to be done
about it
in each situation as it arises
throughout what remains
of the time left for living.
"A word to the wise is unnecessary."
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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