Author Archives: jimwdollar

Finding what is ours to doand doing itwhen, where and how it needs to be donein each situation as it arisesis asking a lot of each of usall of the time.But it never gets more difficult than that.What is your “thing,”you know that thing that you dothat you do bestand love to do most?All ofContinue reading “February 04, 2025”

We are likely to grow weary with the situation at hand.Day after day of indelible stupidity mascaraing as The President of Unsurpassed Wisdom, Leadership, Greatness and all Marvelous Thingswears thin fast.Even his fans will soon be yawning.Maintaining our enthusiasmWill be like a life sentence on Death Row.Where do we go for solace and consolation?I dreamedContinue reading “February 03, 2025”

Some things we have to live with.Actually, it is a LOT of things!And our ability to do that flowsfrom our patience with things as they are.Rick Rubin says, “Patience is developedmuch like awareness. Through an acceptanceof what is.””Here we are, now what?” is the attitudethat saw us from the caves to here, now.”Now what?” WhenContinue reading “February 02, 2025”

The way of wild thingsis always what it needs to be,how, when and where it needs to be.Wild things do not interferewith what needs to happen,with what is called forin each situation as it arises,by inserting their own agenda,plans, wishes and desiresinto the mixand insisting on their way NOWregardless of the impact and outcomes.It tookContinue reading “February 01/ 2025”

Time moves on,what are we going to do?Whatever is called forin each situation as it ariseswithout interfering with what needs to be done,when, where and how it needs to be done.This is called doing our part,and keeping up with the timesthat are at hand!

We will never outlive the shame of Donald Trump.Or the horror of the voters who elected him being proud of him.How could this come to be?The Whigs became the Patriots,but the Tories were always anti-democracy.Remember that from the beginningthere have been those who hated democracy.And have been working all this time to bring to bearContinue reading “January 30, 2025”

We need a consultation with ourselveson a regular basisin order to maintain our balance and harmony,our direction and flow,and our life line with our intuition,original nature,innate virtues (The things we do bestand enjoy doing most),and our inherent imagination.How often do you do what you love to do?When is the last time you did it?Regular consultationsContinue reading “January 29, 2025”

We walk through death and dying all the time.We should be accustomed to it by now.We should be paying homage to it every day.We should honor the sacred scenesbeing enacted all around us.Life is sacred!Death is at the door!Do not miss the holy moments as they come upon us!Pause with the acknowledgment of gratitude andContinue reading “January 28, 2025”

The natural world just happens according to the rhythms and circumstancesof nature,with everything settling into its rolecommensurate with its needs and its possibilities.The “civilized” world is prone to war,revenge, revolt, renunciation, repudiation,getting even, paying back, making sorryand being in control.The foundation and thrust of Taoism/Zen(Zen is Taoism with appreciation for enlightenment)is the return to doingContinue reading “January 27, 2025”

I retired after forty years and six months in the ministry(And that was nearly fifteen years ago.)My thing was and is hermeneutics.I’m still going at it.You can’t retire from your thing.You can’t quit.No vacations.No escape.It’s wonderful.We are here to do our thing.Do you know what I’m saying?I’m saying, “Find your thingand serve it with yourContinue reading “January 26, 2025 – B”

What would it takefor Donald Trump to be happy?His chronic dissatisfaction and his propensity for findingscapegoats everywherekeeps everything up in the airwith nowhere to land.Everything is somebody’s fault.And Trump is going to make them pay.His fans adore him because The Trump Showtakes their minds off their own malaise–and their inescapable ultimate realizationthat their life isContinue reading “January 26, 2025”

The values at the heart of Democracyhave to be worthy of Democracyor it’s just another Autocracypretending it isn’t,fooling no one.Why pretend?