January 15, 2026

Lake Haigler Mirror — Anne Springs Close Greenway,Fort Mill, South Carolina

What is money for? How much money is enough? After that, what? What keeps us going? Why? For what? Why do we keep going? For me, it is to see what’s next. To see what happens. To see what is called for. To see what I do about it. I am the mystery I keep getting to the bottom of. There is no bottom. There is always something else, something more, that I am interested in. My interests never end. Curiosity is my driving force. What is yours?

Boredom is nonexistent for some people. The swamis and the gurus can’t get enough of sitting. Some say “AAAAUUUUUMMMM,” some just sit. And never get bored. And they don’t get paid by the hour. What keeps them going? They just go. Why? Why doesn’t matter. They sit because sitting is what they do. What do we do because sitting is what we do? I ask questions. And ask questions of the questions. And every answer raises more questions. It’s what I do. I don’t care why.

What do you do without caring why? What absorbs you? Feeds you? Intrigues you? Keeps you going? When you get to the bottom of you, what is there? It’s a question mark for me. And a keyboard. And a camera. I don’t know why. I just know. Why doesn’t matter. What is it for me. He said, laughing.

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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