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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 887

In the woods, in conversation: listen for the subtle voices. The voice of the red among the green whispering to the bees, Here I am sweet, taste me! The voice of the small and delicate we daily walk by and do not see, breathing I am part of this world.

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It is time to transform our society, to make a new culture: one inclusive, conversational, responsible, concerned with the now.

:- Doug.

This is a blooming world
Opening
As we walk by
Colors! Scents!
Do we notice!
Watch and participate!

:- Doug.

Children have a way of getting us to see beyond our times.

:- Doug.

G*d’s ways for me have been…
Quiet; leading out; meeting; weening me of God; Asking me; Seeking me; Asking me to take responsibility; asking me to create; asking me to notice others.

:- Doug.

Take care that your math works but your humanity does not elude you.

:- Doug.

Who is responsible for our community?

:- Doug.

Top-down decision making is part of our history and has its place. It raises concerns with many people these days. There is also a desire for more participation and ownership of what goes on in our community. The Internet is an example: you and I mold it, create it, every time we sen an email, comment to a blog.

:- Doug.

What is possible from purposeful conversation?

New directions emerge; new leaders emerge; intricacy is addressed with appropriate intricacy; engagement is engaged; activists are created; people will meet the challenge.

What are the risks?

People might come up with some ideas of which we do not approve. They might take us in a whole new direction. They might dismiss one leader, or cause another to withdraw. They might spread the dissatisfaction with the the way things are. They might make the community work for everyone. They might result in the tyranny of the majority over the minority. They might give a soapbox to cranks. They might turn out a whole new constituency with whom our leaders are not prepared to deal. There might be so many ideas and so many people running off in all directions that we have anarchy (as if we could control it anyway, or as if it isn’t already doing this). The group might not go in the direction we want. Leaders might emerge who go in a different direction from ours. Some of the present problems will be solved only to create new problems, more intricately interwoven with what is good than our present problems.

But read the two lists again: is either inherently good or bad, but we make it so?

:- Doug.