Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Twenty Mule Team Canyon 04/23/2006 — Death Valley National Park, California
Being well is a function of
doing things the way they need to be done.
That's all there is to it.
All of the untutored sages
I have ever known are in full agreement here.
They also agree on the importance of
not listening to people
who don't know what they are talking about--
which is, generally speaking,
just about everyone you come in contact with
in a day.
And is the particular purview
of those who know best and must be pleased.
Children generally make the best companions,
and the more childlike we can be
without being childish,
the better our chances are
of being well
on all levels of existence.
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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“Childlike without being childish” Yes, that is why it is said that a wise sage becomes like a child.
Innocence and bliss return after a lifetime of experiences and a genuine wisdom. But this time, it is not the bliss of ignorance as in little children, but a bliss of knowing, then not knowing, then knowing that we do not know… a “return” to the innocence!
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“Childlike without being childish” Yes, that is why it is said that a wise sage becomes like a child.
Innocence and bliss return after a lifetime of experiences and a genuine wisdom. But this time, it is not the bliss of ignorance as in little children, but a bliss of knowing, then not knowing, then knowing that we do not know… a “return” to the innocence!
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Knowing that we don’t know is knowing that there is always more to be known, and that is the great ramble that we all are on!
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