jimwdollar

January 30, 2026

The phrase, “after a certain age,” is one that is used frequently in doctors’ offices after a certain age. It means “these things can be expected,” “this symptom is not unusual,” “don’t let it bother you”… Those Who Know Best don’t talk to you that way in your 40’s and 50’s, but by your mid-seventies,Continue reading “January 30, 2026”

January 29, 2026

This is from my WordPress Blog “200 More Zen Thoughts From Jim Dollar #3” 006. Different choices, different outcomes. Sounds easy. The problem is that we want particular outcomes. Servants of the Outcomes is the role we want ours to be. As though we know what is best for us. We only know what weContinue reading “January 29, 2026”

January 29, 2026

Seeing is a matter of proper looking, and that is a matter of imagining how many ways there are of seeing a scene. And that means being with the scene in a way that invites/allows the scene to reveal itself beyond its initial impact. It means being with the scene in the right kind ofContinue reading “January 29, 2026”

January 28, 2026

Our place in each day is not to impose our will, wants, wishes upon the day, but to align ourselves with the drift and flow of the day, doing what we can to aid and abet the day with its needs and interests. The question is not, “How can we be happy today?” but, “HowContinue reading “January 28, 2026”

January 27, 2026

Jesus came to tell us that nobody goes to hell, that everyone realizes the truth eventually and bears the pain of having taken so long to wake up to all things being the way they ought to be finally, at last, forever. The Prodigal’s father is the way God is. Drop into the silence andContinue reading “January 27, 2026”

January 26, 2025

Being in a lot of the right places has put me in a right place, and made it easy for me to return there on a regular basis. It is a natural wonder how being in the presence of nature balances us, harmonizes us, stabilizes us and puts us back together again in a “thisContinue reading “January 26, 2025”

January 25, 2026

Sleet is on the ground, power is on, nothing is falling at the moment, fingers crossed… We know what we like and don’t like, want and don’t want, but we don’t know where we are better off or what is in our best interest. Like and don’t like, want and don’t want, are poor guidesContinue reading “January 25, 2026”

January 24, 2026

There is what we do to live, and there is what we live to do. Occasionally these may be the same thing. There are artists who support themselves with their art, and musicians who make a living with their music. Most of us do what we love by paying the bills doing what we don’tContinue reading “January 24, 2026”

January 24, 2026

Where do Trump and MAGA part ways? Where is Trump not being Trump-enough for MAGA? Where is MAGA being too much Trump for Trump? Where does the line lie? The core at the heart of both is genocide. They both want to kill everyone not white like they are. White Supremacy is actually White Exclusivity.Continue reading “January 24, 2026”

January 23, 2026

There are people who would throw a rock into the middle of tranquility because that is who they are. They don’t know why and they don’t care. They just know what they like and what they don’t like, and are compelled to do what they like. I don’t know why we see things a weContinue reading “January 23, 2026”

January 22, 2026

Yesterday, here, I put to rest the doctrine of Original Sin and the need for the Substitutionary Theory of the Atonement, or any need for atonement as a way of helping God get over the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which never existed at any time anywhere in the historyContinue reading “January 22, 2026”

January 21, 2026

No one can sin for another, or atone for another’s sin. Psalms 49:7 — No one can redeem the life of another, or give to God a ransom for them. Deuteronomy 24:16 — Parents are not to be put to death for their children’s (sin), nor children put to death for their parents’ (sin)– eachContinue reading “January 21, 2026”