Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 I am glad I am not in charge of you. It is a terrible thing anybody has to be in charge of anybody. That anybody has to be somebody’s charge. It should be collaboration all the way. Nobody telling anybody what to do. Everybody reaching consensus about what needs to be done and whoContinue reading “July 03, 2022”

01 We have too much to think about. That’s the first thing. The second thing is an extension of the first: We have too much to think about that we do not want to think about. And that leads to the third thing: We create pleasant distractions/diversions and think about them to give us somethingContinue reading “July 02, 2022”

01 Take it standing up and ask them if that’s the best they got. You can do it with the right perspective, attitude, frame of mind. Perspective is a super power, transforming everything and transforming us to deal appropriately with everything. There is nothing that the right perspective can’t improve. Step into your life withContinue reading “June 28, 2022”

01 The tools at our disposal are our awareness, our original nature, our innate virtues, innocence, integrity, sincerity, spontaneity, emptiness, stillness, silence, playfulness, pace and timing. Everything else falls into place around, and flows from, these things. Our practice is learning to live in ways that serve and share them, moment to moment in eachContinue reading “June 26, 2021”

01 Joseph Campbell had the right kind of parents. I’m envious. With the right kind of parents children have an immediate advantage that others their age can never overtake. Just try getting over having had the wrong kind of parents! And mine were no worse than 90% of the parents in their age group. GivesContinue reading “June 25, 2022”