September 28, 2023 – A – Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy

**Yosemite Falls 04/26/06 Oil Paint Rendered — Yosemite National Park, California**

What's it going to take
for us to settle in 
on meeting the day on the day's terms
and doing what we can about what is called for
with the best we have to offer
in each situation as it arises
and letting that be that
because we will do it all over again tomorrow?

What does "Taking care of business"
mean to you?
What is your business?
What do you live to serve/do
with the gifts of your original nature
and the innate specialties/virtues/talents
that come packed into your DNA?

What's your shtick?

What do you look forward to doing?
What do you love to do?
How often do you do it?
How long has it been since you have done it?

I love posting photographs
and seeing what I have to say each day.
I'm doing it now.
Taking care of business.

Then I'm going to see what the day holds
and meet it on its terms
with the best I have to offer
to the time and place of my living.

Each day has its own rhythm and flow,
and I keep time with it 
as well as I can,
responding with what is asked of me
without trying to force anything,
just seeing what can happen
where/when/how,
and dancing with the day
all day long.

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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. View more posts