January 31, 2026

Full Moon — 22-acre Woods, Indian Land, South Carolina

Living from the inside out is done by dropping into the silence and waiting for clarity regarding what’s what, what’s happening, what’s called for, when, where and how and taking our body’s lead from there. It is called “Getting out of our head and into our body.” Not allowing what we want/desire/fear/dread enter into the conversation. It is about having no plans beyond having no plans, having no intention beyond having no intention. Merging with the here, now to the point of being one with the here, now and waiting for an impulse to action to direct us in the service of what is called for here, now, from one here, now to the next. The natural world doesn’t wake up knowing what it is going to do today, any day. It doesn’t operate out of a social calendar or a to do list, and yet everything gets done every day. Our daily role is to see how close to that we can come, day to 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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