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You are the reflective moment
Its seed
Fertile

:- Doug.

Want to control
your colleagues, family, spouse?
It cannot be done
Control yourself first
If that works, you can turn to others
In everything withhold your hand
Out of compassion

:- Doug.

There is always a larger space
beyond

:- Doug.

Writing relaxes me
Into the larger
The holy other space

:- Doug.

There is always another
after
I am not thinking of anything to write

:- Doug.

Anything is grist for pondering
A stray thought
A stray cat

:- Doug.

Do people doing mindless jobs
thereby know meditation?
the endless repetitions
like the breath in, breath out?
yes, when they attend

:- Doug.

At the moment our politics swings from extreme to extreme refusing to acknowledge the travels of the pendulum between. Both stops are valuable; both pulls are necessary: the work is done in the movements. Working together is what will keep us, if we do not want to fly apart.

:- Doug.

Help everyone
Serve no one
Serve the one
Hold space
For creating
Each uniquely serves their needs
To me ’tis a mystery loving

:- Doug.