May, 2025

Great White Egret 05/13/2019 — Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Noxubee County, Mississippi
We get up and meet the day every day.
The day asks things of us,
and we find treasures and joy scattered throughout the day.
Perspective,
expectation,
attitude,
balance and harmony
impact the day's impact on us
and help to make things better or worse
throughout the day.

For me, fatigue and nutrition/hydration
are the primary factors determining
how I react to and deal with
what the day brings my way.

Being mindfully aware of the flow
of what's called for
and what's coming and going
helps maintain my readiness
for what's next
and lets me know when it is time
to call time out for rest and recovery
in order to regroup and carry on.

Reflection and evaluation at day's end
helps me gauge my response-ability
situation-by-situation
and provides insight and adjustments
in preparation for what's coming
in the days that lie ahead,
which my nighttime dreams also help with
in my on-going work to be/do what needs doing
day-by-day all the way.

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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