Author Archives: jimwdollar

How long will recovery take?Nothing Trump is doing will reduce that time.And, if we think about recovery worldwide,from The Amazon, to Gaza, and Palestine…the time frame just gets ridiculous.Why do we live in ways that do not enhance life?What are we living for in ways worldwidethat do not enhance life?What are we seeking short termthatContinue reading “May 08, 2025”

God comes to life in us and through usin ways and in places where it might be said thatwe are “One with the Tao of life and being.”One with the Taoand one with God are the same thing.Alive to the time and place of our living.In tune with what’s what and what need to beContinue reading “May 07, 2025”

We pick up and go on anyway, nevertheless, even so.And that is as close to forgiveness as we need to get.Grave transgressions against us change things forever.It will never be as it was.”A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they areContinue reading “May 06, 2025”

Do me a favor and stop right now and do an internet search forfather greg boyle, and watch some videos. Come back when you are ready.Greg Boyle is who God would be if God could be anyone God wanted to be. Which, of course God cannot be because God is the projection of everyone whoContinue reading “May 05, 2025”

Trusting ourselves is not trusting our thinking mind,but trusting our feeling intuition.It is about sitting down, shutting up, and waiting for clarityby recognizing an emotionally charged sense of right directionwhen one arises.Trusting ourselves to know the way when the light comes onis essential trusting.And we just wait to know,knowing that we will know when weContinue reading “May 04, 2025”

We have to not care what our chances are,or what the odds are,or what our outcomes are.These things cannot matter to us at all.Our filial loyalty and our life-long devotionhave to be to who we are,not to what we achieve,or what difference we make.We all live and die,and who knows who we were or whatContinue reading “May 03, 2025”

Instead of the word “prayer,”I prefer and propose the word “communion.”We commune with the Holy, Hidden, Otherwhen we drop into the silence and waitfor realization, recognition, comprehension, knowing…”Prayer” suggests to me a grocery list of needs and wants,and the more people we have praying for us,the better our chances of getting what we need/want.You canContinue reading “May 02, 2025”

On one hand, I would like to be able to saythat I am not going to kill anyone intentionally.On another hand, I recognizethat there are people who need killing,and, given the right circumstances, I could and would do the job.That opens the door to the contradictory essenceof good and evil–that good has to be ableContinue reading “May 01, 2025”

We get up and meet the day every day.The day asks things of us,and we find treasures and joy scattered throughout the day.Perspective,expectation,attitude,balance and harmonyimpact the day’s impact on usand help to make things better or worsethroughout the day.For me, fatigue and nutrition/hydrationare the primary factors determininghow I react to and deal with what theContinue reading “May, 2025”

We do what is called forwhen it is called for,where it is called for,the way it is called for,anyway, nevertheless, even so–whether we feel like it or not,whether we want to or not,whether we are in the mood for it or not,with the gifts that are ours to serve and share:our original nature,our innate virtues–theContinue reading “April 30, 2025”

It is up to us to be who we are.No one can do it for us.We realize who we areand live in ways that express/exhibit thatin each situation as it arises.Start with selecting two symbolsthat express who you are over the course of your life.Live the remainder of your lifein the service of those twoContinue reading “April 29, 2025”

Photography is a miracle of time and place.Everything is.And it goes mostly unacknowledged and unappreciated.We should be walking around agape with wonderat every here, now we experience.Instead, we rush on to the next here, now,having not noticed the last one at all.Our life is wasted on us–we live without bothering to pay attention towhere weContinue reading “April 28, 2025”