February 13, 2026

Orchid Portrait 01 — 02/2026

The way we respond to life’s deliveries impacts the world’s impact on us. Our response ability works to make things better than they are in each situation as it arises–and is our “first line of defense” in the work of making things as livable as they can be. Controlling what can be controlled helps to influence what happens next, and developing our ability to be good at that helps what can be helped all along the way.

Published by jimwdollar

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, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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