December 26, 2023 – A

The Old Mill of Guilford 03/03/2011 — Guilford County, Greensboro, North Carolina
To be free from doubt
is to be free to doubt.
To be free to doubt
is to trust our ability
to deal appropriately
with anything that arises.

The gift of the Elder Wand
is to free the wizard
from the need of having the Elder Wand.

To stand alone as one thus come
in any situation as it arises
is to have what we need
to find what we need
to do what needs to be done.

We come with that from the womb.

Every baby is born
having what it needs
to find what it needs
to do what needs to be done.

Trusting ourselves to the moment
as one thus come
is trusting ourselves to ourselves
and to the emptiness,
stillness
and silence--
and to what emerges there
to lead the way.
Through any circumstance
that may arise.

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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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