July 28, 2023 – A

Tuffted Titmouse 02/15/2017 Oil Paint Rendered — Scenes from my hammock, Indian Land, South Carolina
Follow the zeal, the zest, the gusto,
the enthusiasm, the excitement, the thrill, the meaning
wherever it goes.

And, if you have zeal-less, listless, mostly dead
all these years now,
don't give up!

Be awake!

Ardor is closer than you think!
Life has been waiting for you all these years now--
looking for an opening.
This may be just what it needs
to have a crack at you!

When the door opens,
walk right through!
And keep on walking
into all that awaits!

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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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