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?
Egret Ballet 04 — This series of six images was created at a rookery populated only by White Egrets on Avery Island, Louisiana in 1915
Caring about the things we have no business caring about is the root of all of our problems today. It is about being right about our priorities, our ratios, and our duties.
Our duties need the most clarity. The "Thou Shalts and Shalt nots" can lead us in a merry chase if we take someone else's word regarding what's important and how do they know. My best advice here is "Don't care about what someone else tells you to care about--care about what YOU care about, and allow that to show what is important and what is not. Run periodic importance reviews to make sure we are aligned with our inner sense of what matters tells you. It is easy to drift away from what we know is important to us. So, we do Duty Checks from time to time to make sure what matters actually matters, and that we care about the things that truly need to be cared about.
Asking "Who says so?" and "How do they know?" Helps keep us synched to our own authority in all matters related to us and our sphere of legitimate concern.
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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