Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
See if you can tell what is called for in each situation as it arises.
NOT what you want to happen in the situation!
What the situation itself is calling for.
Live to know what is called for in each situation as it arises.
Practice, practice, practice knowing what is called for in each situation as it arises.
When you watch movies, read novels, ask yourself constantly, "What is called for here, now?" "What does this situation call for?" "What are the characters missing about what is called for?"
Knowing what is called for when and where and how is the missing element in human relations around the world.
We can begin to remedy the situation by paying attention to what is called for situation by situation, beginning with the next situation that comes our way.
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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