April 09, 2024 – A

Lake Mattamuskeet Dawn — Down East, North Carolina
What are we living for?
What are we trying to get,
to have,
to do,
to be?

The right answer
is living to be aligned
with our original nature
and in accord with our innate virtuosities--
the things we do best
and love/enjoy doing the most.

We are assisted in this
by our intuition,
by our body's felt sense
by our nighttime dreams
by our ability to attend our body
and pay close attention
to the here and now
in each situation as it arises.

Observing our inner world
and the outer world
simultaneously
positions us to know what's what
in both worlds,
and to know what is called for
in the present moment
and our our unique gifts
equip us to do what needs to be done,
when,
where
and how it needs to be done
spontaneously in response to
the time and place of our living.

With practice,
we are automatically there
with the right action
in the right time, place and way.

Throughout each day
in the time left for living.

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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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