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?
The Moon and Price Lake, 10/17/2016 — Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Julian Price Memorial Park
Being here, now is being nowhere else but here, now. How long can we be here, now? What is with drifting away? We drop into here, now, and we drift away. And we can drift constantly. What holds our attention? What do we dwell on? Desire? Dread? Fear? Anger? Anxiety? Where do we go when we are not here, now? How often do we frequent the same place? What is the attraction? The fascination? Our favorite mental escape is to where? What are we telling ourselves by going there? What are we saying? What do we need to hear? Drift into listening. What do we need ourselves to know at this point in our life? Do a walk-a-bout with ourselves, listening and making inquiries. See where it goes. Asking all of the questions that need to be asked. Saying all of the things that need to be said, heard. Repeat the exercise as often as needed to say what needs to be said, heard.
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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