June 07, 2026 – B

Atlantic Moon — Near Rockport, Maine

Pretend it matters, and live like it does, whether what we do makes any difference or not. It will make a difference in how we live our lives–and that will make as much difference as we can legitimately expect to make with our life. So join me in living like it matters. Do everything we do exactly like we would do it if everything were riding on everything we do. Live like we care, whether we do or not. Fake it if we must, so well that no one, not even ourselves, can tell if we are faking it or not. Fake it so well we would deserve an academy award for the way we life what remains to be lived of our life. Let’s do us well! As well as Jesus did Jesus! Let’s live doing us so well that we could legitimately stand before Jesus and say, “You have nothing on us! We did us every bit as well as you did you! So that he will have to say, “Yes you did! And I am as proud of you as you are proud of me! And we all walk off together into Eternity to do Eternity as well as we are going to do here, now!

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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