October 12, 2025

Morton’s Overlook — Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

If we sense our way into the rhythm and flow of our life, and trust ourselves to it completely–apart from plans, schemes and dreams–we will be placing ourselves at the sweet spot of our unfolding, not knowing or caring where it is going.

We aren’t trying to make anything happen. We don’t have any idea about what needs to happen. We are simply focused upon remaining aligned with, upon living in accord with, the rhythm and flow of our life–in a “What’s happening?And what’s called for here, now?” Kind of way.

This is to be living in sync with the Tao, attuned to Psyche. Which is the way the natural world does it every day. At one with the rhythm and flow. For what? We do not know.

We do not have a life plan. We are not trying to get anywhere, to accomplish, achieve, acquire anything. We are just living at one with the rhythm and flow.

What do we have to have to be one with the rhythm and flow?

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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