August 10, 2023 – A

Great Egret 06-01-2019 Oil Paint Rendered — Santee National Wildlife Refuge, Summerton, South Carolina
We can only do what needs to be done
with the tools we have available to us,
within us,
as best we can
in each situation as it arises
and let that be that,
because there is not much time
between situations.

It helps to take all things 
with no more seriousness
than they deserve,
have no opinions,
judgments,
expectations,
plans or agendas,
meet the moment as it comes
and do what is called for
to the extent that is possible,
with no more anxiety than is 
appropriate to the occasion.

Every day, 
I'm glad I don't have a cow
I have to take care of
along with everything that
comes with a cow.

Everything is worse with a cow.
Sisyphus with his stone
would be out of his mind
with a cow to take care of 
in addition to the rock.

Think about that
the next time you're 
singing the blues. 

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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.

3 thoughts on “August 10, 2023 – A

  1. I love being “right. Again.” Make sure they say that about me when I’m gone. And also make sure they say, “He was right only because he articulated what everyone knows to be so, and recognizes it when they hear it being said.” It all comes down to knowing what we know–emptying ourselves of all that we have been told is so that isn’t so, or even close to being so.

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