January 05, 2025

Today, I step into my 81st year, and I'm glad to be here, now.

The work remains the same whenever
and wherever we are,
knowing what is called for
and doing what we can about it
with the gifts that are ours to serve and share:
Our original nature,
our innate virtues (The things we do best
and enjoy doing most),
our inherent imagination,
and our intrinsic intuition.

If we focus on bringing these aspects of us forth
in the life we are living
all will be as well as it can be with us
given the nature of our circumstances
and the quality of the cooperation we get
day to day.

Jesus and the Buddha could have used
more help than they got.
So, we can't take it personally,
or let it keep us from doing the best we can
given the givens at work in our time and place.

I'm in my 81st year! What do my detractors expect?
Let's see how they do remembering their street address
their phone number, zip code, and the last four digits of their Social before breakfast!