February 07, 2024 – A

Beaver on the Prowl — Bass Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
What drives this beaver through life
in a "This is fine! How I love it!
May it remain like this forever!"
kind of way?

Beaver's know Better and Worse from birth.
Everything does.
Nobody has to explain it to them.
Can and Can't have to be explained,
but not Better and Worse.
We all know that.
And, we don't worry about how.

We are born knowing
the important stuff.
but Wanting/Fearing get in the way.
We want it all
and we are afraid of everything.

And cannot just settle down
with Good Enough
and let that be Just Fine forever,
because Wanting/Fearing interfere
with The Best Life Has To Offer.

The Most Important Thing
is to put Wanting/Fearing
in their place.

We want more
than we have any business having,
and we are afraid of losing everything
all of the time.

And we have to have a
Sit Down And Come To Truth Moment
on a regular basis:

"Look! This is what you are doing!
STOP DOING IT!"

"Stop wanting what you don't have room for!
Stop being afraid of losing what you have!
Trust yourself to deal with whatever comes your way!"

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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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