August 26, 2023 – A

Bryce Sunset 05/15/2010 Oil Paint Rendered — Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
We live best in the service
of beauty and harmony,
rhythm and flow,
balance and congruity,
resonance and synchrony--
in tune with ourselves
and our surroundings.

Where are we doing that?
Where in our life do we find
evidence of our doing that?
How are we attempting to align ourselves
with the ebb and flow of the tides,
of life in the world we live in?

In what ways are we serving beauty and harmony?
Rhythm and flow?
Balance and congruity?
Resonance and synchrony?

How do we put ourselves in accord with our life?
Where do we find the sense of being grounded in
and at one with,
the movement of life around us?

What do we do that connects us 
with the essence--the truth--
of ourselves and the world around us?

Where do we feel the most whole,
the most in tune with,
where we are 
and what we are doing?

What grounds us,
centers us,
synchronizes us,
brings us into focus
and connects us 
with the wonder of life/living/being alive?

Where do we feel most alive?
Most glad to be here?
Doing what we are doing?
A part of the flow of life here/now?
At peace and at one with the world/universe?

Go there,
do that, 
often.

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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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