April 30, 2025

Great Blue Heron With Friend 05/07/2019 — Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Noxubee County, Mississippi
We do what is called for
when it is called for,
where it is called for,
the way it is called for,
anyway, nevertheless, even so--
whether we feel like it or not,
whether we want to or not,
whether we are in the mood for it or not,
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,
our intrinsic intuition,
for the joy of doing it,
and the satisfaction of having done it,
because we are who we are
and that is what we do.

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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