October 05, 2024 – A

New York Roadside Stream 03 09/19/2014
In The Fellowship of the Ring,
Gandalf said, "All we have to decide
is what to do with the time that is given to us."

And we have help with that.
Our intrinsic intuition is with us
to guide us all along the way.

All we have to do is dispense with ambition,
aspiration, intention, desire and the will
to have our way no matter what.

Once we get that out of the way
and open ourselves to the emptiness/stillness/silence
(One thing not three)
we wait there for our intuition to nudge us
in the direction of what is called for
in each situation as it arises.

At that point,
we turn to our original nature,
our innate virtues (What we do best
and enjoy doing most)
to see what we have that might be helpful
in the work to do what needs to be done
here, now.

What to do with our life
is not a problem to be solved,
but a joy to be experienced
by doing what we are good at
in ways it is needed.

Life comes to us with its needs
and we serve it with our gifts
(Once we get our plans, agendas
and timetables out of the way).

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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