Author Archives: jimwdollar

We get up and meet the day as though it matters. Living with intensity and with intentionality anyway, nevertheless, even so is essential, and must be our lifetime commitment to each other and all others around the world. Caring as though it matters that we care regardless of whether it matters or not is crucial.Continue reading “February 29, 2024 – A”

We wait for clarity and motivation,and follow the inner driftof the soul’s delight.As time goes by, I find myself thinking of “soul”(and “heart”)as “Right Brain,”and thinking of “ego”as “Left Brain.”The duality of Right Brain/Left Brainprovides the foundation and clarityof our life’s work:Establishing the balance and harmonybetween the two hemispheres of our brainwhich is exemplified inContinue reading “February 28, 2024 – A”

The day has a mind of its own.As does our life.We wait to see what comesand what we do with it,and that tells the tale.We get up,get dressed,open the door,and the day,our life,takes it from there.With a bevy of thingswe would never have guessed.Our place is to respond appropriatelyto each thing that comes along,and seeContinue reading “February 27, 2024 – A”

Loss of balance and harmonyis the cause of the disturbancein the flow of lifeand the experience of the clashing rocks,and the heaving wavesof the wine-dark sea worldwide.And the cause of imbalance and disharmonyeverywhereis wanting what we have no business having.Wrong Wantingis the source of all of our problems today.Every day.Starting with Adam and Eve,which isContinue reading “February 26, 2024 – A”

Indigenous spirituality has it righton all points,starting with No Sin,if you can imagine that.Religion without sin.What kind of religion is that?Religion from the bottom upand the inside out,not something handed to us by the priestsand the experts,not something hinging on Right Belief,but flowing from the truth of personal experience.How much of Colonialist Religionis grounded onContinue reading “February 25, 2024 – A”

It is the same with all of us.We gather ourselves and meet the day.Every day.It would help, I think,if we could actually gather togetherand meet the day as One,drawing strength from each other’s determinationto bring our best forthin doing right by ourselvesand each other.So, I’ll meet you in the silence,in the stillness and emptinessthat awaitsContinue reading “February 24, 2024 – A”

Projection is perception,perception is projection.In order to see,we have to see our seeing.In order to hear,we have to hear our hearing.Everything we have ever seen/heardinterferes with our seeing/hearingby creating memories and expectations,making it difficult to separate here/nowfrom then/there.It all carries over,stirring up the muddy watereven as we wait for the mud to settleand the waterContinue reading “February 23, 2024 – A”

I don’t know how to turn things around.No one does.People have been trying to turn things aroundfor thousands of years.Things have been getting worse all that time.In light of this,I think turning things around is a poor goal.The best goal is caring about one another.Caring about another.Caring about something more than ourselves.I find myself caringContinue reading “February 22, 2024 – A”

Grace and kindness improve everything.Ruthlessness and anger make everything worse.Where we go with that,what we do about it,makes all the difference. –0–

EXCERPTS FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE’S STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN Under the leadership of the oldest and arguably the most experienced president in American history, the team in the White House for the past three years has performed remarkably well, despite the rancor and divisiveness that have afflicted this nation for nearly a decade. The accomplishmentsContinue reading “February 20, 2024 – B”

Greedy, selfish, ruthless, meanseem to describe the worst of us.Compassionate, just, gentle, kindseem to do for the best of us.With the rest of us falling outbetween those extremes.Everything takes its placealong the continuum between extremes.”The Golden Mean” balances, harmonizes,the Yin and Yang of too much and too little,offsetting each other eternallyover all levels of existence,withContinue reading “February 20, 2024 – A”

I wish I had done better.I could have done better.But.I’ll give me this:I’m doing better all the time.Most of my lapses were long ago.Yesterday was a gem.Most of my yesterdays were gems.Which means most of my todays are sparklingright out of the box.We have to give ourselves credit.For having what it takesto meet the day,dayContinue reading “February 19, 2024 – A”