Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 Goes the saying, “Discretion is the better part of valor.” And another saying, “Look before you leap.” Which is to say, “Know what you are doing.” All of which are wasted upon those who are all into “Making hay while the sun is shining,” and, “Seizing the moment,” and, “Striking while the iron isContinue reading “April 28, 2021”

01 Following Joseph Campbell’s lead, it is ours to understand that it is not enough to live a merely correct life, but to aspire to live a life that is perfectly apt, moment to moment, in each situation as it arises. A perfectly apt life requires us to be alive and alert to each moment,Continue reading “April 27, 2021”

01 We get out of bed and step into the day each day and the day takes over from there, delivering us back to bed when the day is finished with us. Our days have a mind of their own. Our life is the same way. We refer to it as “our life,” but weContinue reading “April 26,2021”

01 We have our will and our way which we seek to impose upon our life. And that is the source of all our problems. No will, no way, no impositions, no problems. Want to die young and happy? Discard your will, your way and your propensity to impose anything upon everything. Dying old andContinue reading “April 25, 2021”

01 There is what happens and there is how we respond to what happens. Between now and what’s next stands the swing point, the axis mundi, you/I. The future rides on how we handle the present. Everybody likes to think they don’t mean anything. They mean everything. Each one of us is responsible for what’sContinue reading “April 23, 2021”

01 Theology comes to grief on the rocky shoreline of truth. As does philosophy. Truth eats all pretenders alive. Fraser Snowden nailed it when he said, “The only true philosophical question is ‘Where do you draw the line?'” You have to be able/willing to pay the price to play the ultimate game. The price isContinue reading “April 22, 2021”

01 We are living in crazy times– uncertain times– upside down times. The landmarks are not to be trusted. Nothing is. What once applied no longer applies. It is all being made up as we go, created on the run. Why are we running? What are we running to? What are we running from? WhyContinue reading “April 21, 2021”

01 If you are not essentially happy with yourself and your way with life, you need to transform your relationship with the way things are. If you think you are not happy enough, think that you ought to be more happy than you are, spend time thinking about your level of unhappiness and your desireContinue reading “April 20, 2021”

01 The work is to live aligned with our life. To put ourselves in accord with the Tao. And see where it goes and what is being asked of us moment-to-moment in each situation as it arises. Our original nature– which has nothing to do with what we want/desire, and everything to do with ourContinue reading “April 19, 2021”

01 Live from the center– seek the source. To have any idea of what I am talking about, you have to sit still, be quiet, enter the silence, and wait for the mud to settle and the water to clear. How long that will take depends on how open you are to the silence. HowContinue reading “April 18, 2021”

01 Everything waits for the right thing to be said, done, in the right place, at the right time, in the right way. Every situation is dying for a dose of the right thing. How long has it been since the right thing came your way? Since you brought it forth with word and deed?Continue reading “April 17, 2021”