January 02, 2024 – A

Posted byjimwdollarPosted in06/25/2020
Mount Moran 07/15/2005 — Great Teton National Park, Jackson Wyoming
Taking the initive
is sitting still,
being quiet,
and seeing what arises
in the silence
to call our name.

It is not rushing ahead
with an action plan
and a time table
to achieve our goals
and realize our dreams
of fortune and glory.

How we respond to the day
unfolds the way
for those not demanding
their way NOW!

But the way specifically designed
to bring us forth,
relying on our original nature
and our innate virtues/attributes
in meeting each situation as it arises
and doing there what needs to be done,
allowing one moment to lead to another
with wonder and amazement
at the process of self-discovery
and endless surprise.

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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.

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