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 05 — This series of six images was created at a rookery populated only by White Egrets on Avery Island, Louisiana in 1915
Wanting, particularly wanting my way NOW!, is the bane of all times. Those who know, know that what is called for here, now, is the most important thing any time, any place.
The Tao nails it: Doing the right thing in the right way at the right time in the right place. That is, doing the thing that is called for, here, now. Doing that the way it needs to be done is the solution to all of our problems, all of our suffering, all of our misery, angst, anguish throughout time. Jesus and the Buddha couldn't do better than that.
Do what is called for in the right spirit and the right frame of mind, and all will be well.
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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