December 17, 2024

Lake Haigler — Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina
Being true to ourselves
is being true to our original nature,
to our innate virtues
(The things we do best and enjoy doing most),
our inherent imagination
and our intrinsic intuition.

Drop into the emptiness, stillness and silence
and reflect on where you are failing
to live truthfully engaged in these aspects of you.

Where are you saying NO
where it would be more truthfully "you"
to say YES?
And saying YES
where it would be more truthfully "you"
to say NO?

Live to get YES and NO in their right places,
and things will fall into place around that,
to the truthful expression of you
in each situation as it arises.
No one could do more!

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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