September 29, 2024 – A

Reelfoot Lake 2015 — Reelfoot Lake State Park, Tiptonville, Tennessee
All it takes is paying attention.
Seeing what we look at.
Knowing what we know.
Asking the questions
that beg to be asked.
Saying the things
that cry out to be said.
Being awake.
Being aware.
Being alive
to the time and place
of our living.
Throughout time.

Allowing our intrinsic intuition
to guide our boat
on its path through the sea.

Knowing and doing what the situation calls for
when, where and how it is called for.
In each situation as it arises.

That's all there is to it.

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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