01/05/2019 — A Stream Runs Through It 2019-01 Panorama -- The Glen on the Edge of the 22-acre Woods, Indian Land, South Carolina, January 4, 2019
There is nothing to say beyond
what needs to be said,
nothing to do beyond
what needs to be done,
nowhere to be beyond
where we need to be,
to be in accord with the Tao,
aligned with our Dharma,
at one with the time and place
of our living.
There is liberation in being
bound to the role
we are asked to play
here and now,
relying on nothing more
than our original nature
to see us through
the conditions and circumstances
that meet us in each moment--
to those that meet us in
the following moment.
There is nothing hard about it,
and it is impossible
to will into being.
Our place is to trust ourselves
to ourselves
and get out of the way.
It takes a lifetime of growing up
to get that down.
But, what's the hurry--
Even though there is
no time to waste?
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters and five granddaughters within about twenty minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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