October 25, 2023 – A

Posted byjimwdollarPosted in06/25/2020
Avalanche Lake 09/26/2006 — Glacier National Park, Montana
Perspective is the key.
It's all a matter 
of enlarging our perspective,
flipping our perspective,
changing our perspective
about what's important,
and getting up and doing
what needs to be done.

People who see the same things
in the same way over time
may as well be dead
for all the good they are doing
themselves and anyone else.

Spice things up!
Change your mind!
Particularly about what matters most!

When's the last time you did that?
Are you grumbling about today
the same things you were grumbling about
this time last year?

I live with an easy drive 
from a good Greek place,
two good Italian places,
a good Chinese place,
a good barbecue place,
a good hamburger place,
so I get to grumble about
no good seafood place all the time.a 

I changed my mind about that mattering,
and that made things better,
just like that (snaps fingers).

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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.

One thought on “October 25, 2023 – A”

  1. I give myself permission to change my mind sometimes. It’s a gift that I don’t take advantage of. Or per Winston Churchill, it’s a gift of which I don’t take advantage.

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