April 24, 2025

Backside of Mt. Katahdin — Hundred Mile Wilderness, West Branch of the Penobscot River, Maine
This is a faux reflection created by AI in Photoshop
The most important thing is knowing and doing 
what is called for here, now,
in each situation as it arises--
doing the right thing
in the right way
at the right time
in the right place.

This is to be aligned with the Tao of life and being,
at one with the intuition of the Cosmos
and of all things ert and inert therein.

We approach the sphere of the Tao,
of intuition,
seeing, hearing, knowing, being, doing
through trance states and alignment with
Truth! Justice! Equality! Liberty!
Bearing the pain, anguish, agony, agoné of the questions:

How good is the good we call good?
Whose good is served by the good we call good?
What good will it do to do the good that is good
anyway, nevertheless, even so, whether it does any good or not,
against all odds, not caring what our chances are, with
nothing in it for us beyond the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction of having done it,
in each situation as it arises, regardless of the circumstances,
here, now, always and forever.

Amen! May it be so! No?

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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