November 28, 2025

At Home in the Marsh — A Tri-colored Heron flies by

How many worlds are there in this world? How many worlds do all living things live in over the span of their lifetimes? It is no wonder that we have such a difficult time sharing space in this world that unites us all without actually uniting us at all. No? Making, in my mind, it all the more a thing to celebrate and cherish the times we can come together enjoying each other’s company and benefiting from each other’s presence by sharing the wonder of life together, here, now.

And, we could make our differences, our differentness, more of a joy and a pleasure if we merely flipped the switch on our perspectives and became friends with our enemies. I wonder why we don’t do more of that more often. It could become an actual thing, if we let it.

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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