March 28, 2024 – A

Charleston Harbor Sunset 01 12/05/2017 — From Pitt Street Bridge, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
We are better off 
in some places
than we are in others.

It's good to know where
those places are
and spend time there
in a regular and reoccurring way.

The same thing goes with people.
There is good company
and not so good company.
Why waste time
where it is a waste of time
to be?

My spirits are lifted
among the trees
and by water,
but I wonder how the trees
and water
feel about having us
in their presence.

I'm not sure we are good for trees
and water,
and think they must know about us
by now.

Word gets around.

And they can't just get up
and walk off.

So, part of appreciating
their presence
is apologizing for being there,
and trying to imagine
what it is like to grieve
the loss of entire forests,
and streams,
and rivers.

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P.S.

If you are in the market for ways to deepen/strengthen
your relationship with your intuition,
do an internet search for "Focusing"
and for "Felt Sense,"
and get to work.

The methods and techniques,
videos and books are without end
and they are all teaching enlightenment.

Enjoy the ride.

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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