Author Archives: jimwdollar

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”

We tend to think that getting/doing what we wantwill bring us joy.And we generally want what other people are getting/doing.If we want joy in our lifewe have to do what brings us joy,whether other people are doing it or not.How do we know what we want? What to want?Is it what we want or whatContinue reading “April 27, 2025”

Life consists of meeting the momentthe way the moment needs to be met,doing what is called for, where, when and how it is called for,in each situation as it arisesthroughout our life.The things that interfere with thisare the things we want/desire/fear/feel obligated to do.The freedom to live our life the way our life needs toContinue reading “April 25, 2025”

The most important thing is knowing and doing what is called for here, now,in each situation as it arises–doing the right thingin the right wayat the right timein the right place.This is to be aligned with the Tao of life and being,at one with the intuition of the Cosmos and of all things ert andContinue reading “April 24, 2025”

Wandering around looking for somethingto catch my eye is my idea of really living.And I do it for nothing.I get nothing out of it beyond the joy of doing itand the satisfaction of having done it.The same thing applies to all the wordsI have ever written,and, likely, to all those I will ever write.Money isContinue reading “April 23, 2025”