September 23, 2023 – A

Roaring Fork Falls Oil Paint Rendered — Pisgah National Forest near Little Switzerland, North Carolina
Being moved by that which moves us 
is the common element uniting all living things.

That which lives, lives as
"the moved in response to the mover."

The mover--the moving "thing"--
is the wonder/radiance of life itself. 
Life being moved by life,
by the encounter with the reality of life,
with the astonishment of being alive.

Life is in love with itself,
cannot get enough of itself,
relishes the glory of the sublime nature
of being one with the mover in being capable
of being moved.

Those who know the beauty of their own experience
walk around agape and giddy
at the very idea of being here/now,
immersed in the "WOW!!!" on all sides.

There is nothing beyond the experience 
of being moved
to ask,
or seek
or desire.

Life itself is all life has to offer.
Are we going to be moved by that
on and on forever,
or not?

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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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