July 30, 2023 – B

Redbird on a Fence 05/30/2016 Oil Paint Rendered — Scenes from My Hammock, 22-acre Woods, Indian Land, South Carolina
Our mission is to 
meet each situation as it arises 
from the circumstances that give it birth 
with the gifts of our original nature 
and the innate characteristics/virtues 
stored in our DNA 
in light of what's what 
and what needs to be done in response--
and to let that be that,
because the next situation is on the way.

We can only do this from the standpoint
of emptiness/stillness/silence.

Anything that disturbs the natural flow of life--
the spontaneous give and take
that is essential to our response-ability
and to our ability to dance with the music
of the moment--
disrupts our focus
and leads us away from the path
into the wasteland of 
noise/complexity/drama/trauma,
necessitating our return 
to emptiness/stillness/silence
where we realign ourselves with the Tao,
merge again with the flow of life
and live at one with the time and place,
the here/now,
of the present situation
as it arises
from the circumstances 
that give it birth.

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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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