September 06, 2024 – B

Adrift — Penobscot Bay, Stonington, Deer Isle, Maine
If we want to do it right
we have to do it in ways that
honor/express/exhibit/serve
Truth/Justice/Equality/Freedom.

We have to do with balance and harmony.

We have to do it in ways that
honor/express/exhibit/serve
our original nature,
our inherent virtues--the things we do best
and love/enjoy doing most,
our intrinsic intuition.

We have to do it with
integrity and spontaneity.

We have to do it in ways that
honor/express/exhibit/serve
what is called for/what needs to be done
in each situation as it arises,
no matter what,
one after another,
all our life long.

We cannot have/serve ulterior motives.
We cannot live with our best interest in mind.
We cannot act with our gain/advantage/profit/good in mind.
We cannot live with interest in or concern for
what's in it for us,
what it means for us,
what we want for ourselves or those we love
as the driving motive for our actions.

We have to be empty of all thoughts/motives/desire/fear/duty,
still and silent,
and open to the "direct arising"
of what is called for/needs to happen
in the moment it is called for/needs to happen,
in service to our intrinsic intuition
in each situation as it develops.

We step aside in doing what is called for,
and let that be that,
without looking for recognition or impact.
Just doing what needs to be done here, now,
and moving on to doing what needs to be done here, now...

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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