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Our consciousness rides atop our unconscious going “Whee!”

:- Doug.

We are machines in a clockwork world—so we have told ourselves these last three centuries. When will it be time to tell ourselves a human story? How long before it seeps to our bones?

:- Doug.

Growth tends
toward complexity
do we notice what this means?
flexibility
openness
vulnerability
scary!

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1637

First there came flooding of the low-lying coastal cities, forcing businesses and people to relocate inland. Then the weather went from extreme to extreme which caused crop failures 7 years running; plant diseases spread; beef and chicken production dropped to half. Malnutrition among humans led to the spread of disease—and wars. Despite all that we were unprepared for “the disease” which wiped out 60% of the world population in just 5 months, 80% in 2 years.

And that was what saved us.

There were not enough of us to sustain our former birth rates which meant a re-thinking of corporate growth philosophy. Besides, we had bodies to bury and ill folks to tend. We saw the face of love—and our real growth. We started anew.

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Friend, into your holy unknown. Now.

:- Doug.

Your hand knows how to keep the full cup from spilling; your eye does not.

:- Doug.