March 11, 2024 – A

Posted byjimwdollarPosted in06/25/2020
After Sunset 11/04/2011 — Price Lake, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Wholeheartedness is the measure by which
we are to gauge the worth of our options
and choices.

Can we do it wholeheartedly?
Is our heart fully in it?
Does it make our little heart sing
and our little toes dance?

If not, steer clear!

Avoid all things we are iffy about!
Time is too short
to not mean it from the start!

I have an order of the day 
that I carry out wholeheartedly.

Other possibilities regularly come along.
I could give up This for That any time.

I have learned to say no with aplomb.
And if the person who initiated the invitation persists,
I, laughingly, reply,
"Why would I want to spend my time
with someone who can't take 'No' for an answer?" 

That nearly always leaves me with
having my heart in what I do.

If the other presses their point,
I repeat my previous statement
without laughing.

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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.

3 thoughts on “March 11, 2024 – A”

  1. Here is something you may like 🙂 ( I increased the playback speed to 2 in the youtube settings, while playing this, to reduce the viewing time to half). He talks about witnessing the changes, like loss from death and vulnerability with body in old age and how to make peace with them, by taking refuge in awareness.

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      1. Hi Ramble, I’ve watched the video now, and am grateful for Aghn’s witnessing to the place of witnessing the moment in its fullness without opinion/judgment/expectations/etc. and moving onto the next moment, being here now in all now’s in a “Here we are, now what?” kind of way. It is a good practice, perhaps the only practice. And his is a gentle presence. I appreciate your passing this along. — Jim

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