October 06, 2023 – B

Skinny Dip Falls 03/30/2011 — Blue Ridge Parkway, Brevard, North Carolina
One way of assessing our Aliveness Quotient
is to be accurate and honest about our degree of:

Balance
Harmony
Integrity
Sincerity
Spontaneity
Vitality
Emptiness
Stillness
Silence
This is a check-list for maintaining and regaining
our alignment with the way of life everlasting
in seeing what's what,
knowing what is called for,
being right about what is important
and doing what needs to be done,
when, where and how it needs to be done
in each situation as it arises
without regard for personal gain,
recognition,
advancement,
achievement,
success
or merit--
but of exhibiting/expressing/serving
the gifts of our original nature
and the innate combination
of virtues/traits/characteristics/talents/etc.
that are unique to each of us
and prepare us for offering what we have to give
out of who we are
in meeting the moment
in all the circumstances
of every day.

Which calls for time spent in realizing
who we are and what we have to offer
in responding to what needs us 
moment-to-moment, day-to-day.

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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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