August 02, 2025

Layers
As extensions of The One,
we all are The One,
and can easily rely upon
the power of The One
to be all we need
to rise to meet
whatever comes our way
along the way.

The power of The One
resides in such things
as good luck,
curiosity,
humor,
good faith,
resiliency,
forthrightness,
perspective,
attitude,
perception,
projection,
assumption,
observation with detachment/disengagement,
emptiness-stillness-silence,
knowing where/when/how to draw lines,
set limits,
restrict unwarranted intrusions
into our space/life,
knowing where we stop and someone else starts,
knowing where we belong
and where we have no business being,
knowing what our business is and is not,
honoring all boundaries great and small,
etc.

The power of The One
is the power of knowing who we are
and what we are about,
and being who we are,
doing what we are about.

Knowing what is called for
in each situation as it arises
and doing what needs to be done about it,
when, where and how it needs to be done,
doing the right thing,
at the right time,
in the right place,
in the right way--
which is living aligned with the drift
and flow of the Tao from moment to moment
all our life long.

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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