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?
John Deere Sunset — Concordia Parish Louisiana, Louisiana Delta
When I stopped trying to make sense of it in a reasonable, logical kind of way, and simply embraced the contradictions and dichotomies and welcomed the nonsense into my life, it all fell into place by my allowing it to not have a place.
I think nothing means anything, and we are all "just along for the ride." We listen for "Yes," and "No," in light of what is appropriate here, now, and let that be that by doing what is called for, when, where and how it is called for, trusting ourselves to the flow, balance and harmony, without having to understand or being able to explain any of it.
We are carried along by the events and circumstances of our lives like corks on the water, and it helps if we don't take anything with more seriousness than it deserves. Knowing that it doesn't mean anything and we aren't going anywhere, and nothing matters more than just doing what is called for here, now, when, where and how it is called for, trusting ourselves to the flow, balance and harmony, without having to understand, or being able to understand any of it.
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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