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In what ways can I open to you? I can open the parts of my soul, bright and dark. I can open my will, desires, plans, ideas, wisdom and hopes. I can open the ground beneath my feet, leaving nothing but you. I can open who I think I am: my personality; my dreams; my life story: I may not be those things, those things might be taken away from me and still I exist in your love.

:- Doug.

When you pray, do you take notes?

:- Doug.

I am involved in an experiment, testing to see whether a life lived, from this moment on, in service, can sustain itself and others.

:- Doug.

It is human, part of life to be pessimistic, to see the dark side. We must give room to this, not shut out part of ourselves. We must also not let that darkened sight convince us there will never be light to see. See we must, the whole of life.

We must allow ourselves room to grieve. We must also remember that it does not rain every day—or even most days.

:- Doug.

It is important to remember that two small groups will have more conversation than one large group. It is natural that we allow one person at a time to speak, so everyone can hear all that is said. With additional groups, two or more people can be heard at a time. Arithmetically the output is increased. As more ideas bounce around and more persons have a chance to be heard, the output is increased mathematically. Multiple groups allow for cross pollination, and output is increased geometrically.

:- Doug.

The most freeing thing we can do is to speak our truth. Mark this, to speak our truth requires someone else to hear. Two persons are born. Three.

:- Doug.

Let me tell you who you see around our circle of immigrants—These are poets, songwriters, storytellers, professors, doctors, lawyers, hardworking persons, hopeful, generous—and if you haven’t figured it out yet, I am talking about you.

:- Doug.

We are here to become our-selves. We are freed when we do who our self is. We grow powers and creativity when we come together. Who is our self? This of course is the question. We are difficult to do. It takes scary screwing up our resolve to step forth and declare our commitment to some cause. What we fear turns out to be our best self. And in speaking our truth to others we turn the power loose.

:- Doug.

What is your dream? For America? For your community?

:- Doug.

Look to the dream. The dream is the seed. Tell the dream. Pull out of us our dream. Here is the work. The dream is a collage of colors and aromas and more.

:- Doug.