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?
Adams Mill Pond — Goodale State Park, Camden, South Carolina
Being what the moment needs is being present with what is present with us so that we see, hear, understand, know, do, be who we are needed to be by what is called for here, now.
That is the ideal for each of us, all of whom are distracted by "The Dust Of The World," and doing well just to have our clothes on.
But the process calls for practice, practice, practice...
You know the routine: Dropping into emptiness, stillness, silence, waiting for clarity, watching, listening for what arises, emerges, appears, to catch our attention and direct us to action upon the field of action as an impulse to engage the moment and do what is called for, where, when and how it is called for with the gifts we have to serve and share here, now, and throughout the time left for living, in a "Here we are, now what?" kind of way.
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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