October 17, 2025

Adam’s Mill Pond BW — Goodale State Park, Camden, South Carolinai

The plan is to be who we are, doing what is ours to do, in response to the situation and what is happening here, now, and what is called for in light of everything that is impinging upon the moment. We can rise to every/any occasion with what we have to offer from the gifts we are born with: Our original nature, our innate virtues (The things we do best and enjoy doing most), our inherent intuition, our intrinsic imagination, etc., and allow one thing to lead to another just by doing what is called for here, now, where it is called for, how it is called for in one situation after another all our life long.

Wanting and caring shape themselves around what is needed/necessary in light of the true good of all concerned. We don’t think about it so much as find ourselves doing what is called for, carried along by “circumstances begetting circumstances” from one situation to another, trusting the Knower within to be our companion and guide along the way that is the way, day by day.

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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