June 14, 2026 – B

After Sunset, Silver Lake — Cape Haatteras National Seashore, Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks, NC

I grew up, as did we all, among people making the best of it, of their life and their living conditions, they all could have used more help than they got–and could have been more helpful than they were. And yet, here we are, even so, even yet, even here, now. Things were right-enough for us to be here, now. And it is good to be with you, and would be better if I were really with you, but we are left with making the best of it, as I am certain we will.

I could use more of the right kind of silence in my life, and I am working to arrange that, with attentive thankfulness for Tao, Psyche and Intuition and their place in my life as the Inner Guides and Comforting Presence they are. I am glad to have their company, and their abiding grace and good will, borne out by the realization and recognition of things happening just right throughout each day to make a difference for the good of the day as a whole, and my life as a whole. It only takes seeing to know it is so. May we all see so clearly every 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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