What kind of society do we want for our grandchildren?
What kind of society do we want for our grand children, for ourselves? Let us invite each other—child, parent, life partner, neighbor, politician—to work for that society.
:- Doug.
Archive for July, 2013
How do we wish to be cared for with a chronic disease?
How do we wish to be cared for as we live with a chronic disease—or several—that few are equipped to deal with?
:- Doug.
True leaders are good
True leaders are good, too. It is the job of each of us to grow the just society envisioned by our founders, the beloved community of our leaders of spirit. True leaders have this mind and heart, too. If they do not, we need to lead away from them to the good.
:- Doug.
Ever watch a TED talk?
Think good news stories would not draw, have to be sappy? Ever watch a TED talk?
:- Doug.
Lopping off a big section of the sphere
We are both left brain and right, a body and a mind, and stand in need of food and shelter and transportation but also in need of connecting and loving and touching infinite mystery. We have both good and evil in us, grappling with one another. Yet we want for good to prevail. We have and are all of these. To select just one is to lop off a big section of the sphere. Then where will we go? We will be stuck at the missing part.
:- Doug.
Mind over body:
Mind over body:
generosity, self-discipline, loving-kindness
in these ways & others like
humans choose to climb above
violence and filling-the-belly
:- Doug.
Feeding, the bird chirps
Feeding, the bird chirps, and you and I are part of this one turning.
:- Doug.
