Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Sims Pond 07/02/2018 — Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
What are we going to do now? Is largely a matter of waiting to see what's next. We spend a lot of time waiting to see what's what, and then doing what needs to be done about it, and waiting some more. That is my preferred way of doing business. Allowing the day to carry me where I need to be, doing what needs to be done.
"Sometimes I sits and thinks," said Sachel Paige, "And sometimes I just sits." And sometimes something arises that calls me to action, and off I go.
Having plans and agendas, datebooks and time tables are more than I can manage, and I wouldn't be able to justify my existence to anybody who had strong feelings about accomplishments, achievements, incentive and success.
Sitting looking out the window fits my requirements for all of those things, and watching it rain adds a certain degree of intrigue and interest to the day, which I both enjoy and appreciate-- and look forward to repeating, perhaps tomorrow.
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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