If we only knew what to do, when, where and how! We would have no anxiety, fear, uncertainty, anguish or despair. It would be a simple matter of doing what needs to be done, when, where and how, and letting that be that. Of course, we would have to be grown up about it, andContinue reading “January 08, 2026”
Category Archives: 06/25/2020
January 07, 2026
Drop out of the world crumbling into madness and absurdity without boundaries or values, and drop into the world of our own solidarity and trustworthiness. Seek out our own heart and the truth of what matters most to us here, now. What would that be? Emptying ourselves of the noise of the world and theContinue reading “January 07, 2026”
January 06, 2026
Beaver’s have a way of life that runs afoul of Park Rangers and that was the end of beavers along the Parkway. If you are in the way, you are soon to be out of the way, just for doing what you are built to do and what you have always done. Life is thatContinue reading “January 06, 2026”
January 05, 2026
Treason and sedition from within were responsible for the Civil War and threaten the end of the Republic to this very day–lead by people who hate people not like they are and think money and power are the solution all of their problems. The old Taoists knew it all came down to doing the rightContinue reading “January 05, 2026”
January 04, 2026
Adjustment and accommodation, Kid. Adjustment and accommodation. Over time. From birth to death. Is required of every living thing. Aging well is the art of adjustment and accommodation. Everything is changing as we watch, and what we do in response is t fit in and make it work. I am about to step into myContinue reading “January 04, 2026”
January 03, 2026
What would make the biggest difference for good in your life that is in your ability to effect? The one thing I can think of that would apply to all of us is emptiness, stillness, silence (One thing, not three) regularly applied frequently throughout the time left for living. Just sitting still, being quiet, watchingContinue reading “January 03, 2026”
January 02, 2026
Redundancy is my shtick. Repetition keeps me on track. I know who I am by reminding myself of where my boundaries lie and what’s still what, slowly adding to the collection of life-long revelations over time. I cannot think of the last new thing, and have no idea of what that next new thing mightContinue reading “January 02, 2026”
January 01, 2026
Happy New Year! The blessing raises the question, “What is in charge of our happiness? Upon what does our happiness depend? Generally, upon things going our way. Raising the question: How flexible is “Our way”? How pliable? Supple? Malleable? Amenable? Accommodating? Adaptable? How easily do we “Make do” with how things are? With what weContinue reading “January 01, 2026”
December 31, 2025
Finding our way starts with where we are here, now, and with what we perceive our options to be. What are our assets? Our liabilities? Our choices? We might drop into the emptiness/stillness/silence with these questions and wait to see what occurs to us out of the silence. I am retired with no pressing responsibilitiesContinue reading “December 31, 2025”
December 30, 2025
This also exists as 57 of my WordPress Blog, “200 More Zen Thoughts From Jim Dollar #1” I heard the owl call my name: Who? Who? Who are you? What are you about? What is called for here, now? What will you do about it? How can you be sure that is what needs toContinue reading “December 30, 2025”
December 29, 2025
Removing the diversions/distractions of cars and houses brings for the wonder of light and shadow. I enjoy walking with a camera through the world as it is without the additions of civilization intruding, neverminding and overlooking the additions of my cellphone camera, my coat and my shoes. Which brings up the matter of contradiction, opposition,Continue reading “December 29, 2025”
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