February 16, 2024 -A

Pamlico Sound 10/28/2006 — Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Outer Banks, North Carolina
Our search is for ourselves,
for our original nature
"for the face that was ours
before our grandparents were born."

For the virtuosities that we are
capable of exhibiting
a the right time,
in the right place
in the right way
in the service of balance and harmony,
integrity, sincerity, spontaneity,
and the true good of all concerned.

The way Jesus, the Buddha, Betty White,
Dolly Parton, Helen Keller, Grayson Pardo,
and thousands of others have done
throughout their lives
over the long sweep of time.

How many people have you known
who did it the way they would do it
with kindness and compassion for all?
There you are!
We are looking for what they had,
namely, themselves in their full glory,
dependably, reliably, consistently,
day in and day out
always and forever.
Amen!

Be you like they were like themselves!
Letting that be your gift to the world!

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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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