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Conversation solves the knots among us—can even solve the Gordian knot of our medical payments system, which threatens our health. The challenge is these faceless bureaucracies of insurance and government will not, cannot, converse—and our representatives are afraid to open up.

They are afraid of what they might open up—lots of screaming and consternation. Yet if we tiptoe around the issues, nothing will happen. We need a dose of conversational courage…and the skill to open the conversations peacefully and respectfully. If we recognize that others have different points of view, and that we cannot understand them without turning about with them, then we have a chance. On the other hand, without opening the door we have no chance. If we ask the conversational question that goes beyond the ideologies, that directs the conversation to what we can do and what we have in common, then we have a chance. If we work to think through how to bring us together, to think through where we are already together, then we have a chance.

:- Doug.

Listening is trying to hear
Let’s get beyond trying

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1241

Ask people to express their highest. Expect holiness: they will rise to meet you. Ask people everywhen to become emissaries of spirit.

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End of life is not primarily a medical decision. Nor legal. In this age when acute illnesses have become chronic, it is becoming more and more a personal decision. But people don’t know that they have a choice, or when. That points to a role for us who can see.

:- Doug.

We are in danger when we construct new highways to serve trucks to serve retailers and industry. We are in danger when we change our clocks to serve business. We are in danger when we believe corporations are people. The danger is in switching roles: having people serve their tools. What is the purpose of trucks and retailers and industry, of business, of corporations if not to serve people and the life they live?

:- Doug.