I deserve to be treated as a whole person
I deserve to be treated as a whole person. I do not give ear to screaming, demanding, pushing, constricting—I give ear to respect, calm, reason, kindness, and spaciousness.
:- Doug.
Archive for January, 2017
Confess your sorrows
To a priest, confess
your sins
to a brother-sister, confess
your sorrows
to whom they represent,
these draw you near
draw near
:- Doug.
The deeper notes
As we go deeper enter the surroundings in this uni-verse the deeper notes are higher.
:- Doug.
the surrounding wonder
My earlier question of whether our anger politics is caused by our chaotic climate, arises in new form: are we less than consciously aware of the moodiness of the sky and so have become moody? Do we see how uncontrollable is the weather and ask How could I have caused that? What could I possibly do? What in our collected way of thinking—and beyond that, our attitudes, our mood, what we choose to attend, money or people or all of nature—might lead us out of despair into the surrounding wonder?
:- Doug.
Reminder:
Reminder: so much of what we see as problems are not out there but what we make of what’s out there.
:- Doug.
Empty
Empty
is what we think
standing next to our enormous problems
so what we feel is
empty
:- Doug.
The day after 9-11
The day after 9-11
When the skies were quiet
And we grew soft with one another
The people flew their flags
And the next day the companies
Flew their flags to
Get sales
:- Doug.
The threshold beyond adult
There is a threshold beyond adult; call it elder. We do and are something more. Let’s cross it together.
:- Doug.
With their aroma
What I want to learn of you: Root, marrow, trajectory, significance, important, coeur.
What’s important for me? Eldering, conversation, wholeness, ever larger.
I don’t want to work at remembering these words, rather to infuse my being with their aroma.
:- Doug.
Getting my voice under me
More and more I am getting my voice under me, to say what needs saying, to tell my truth.
:- Doug.
This day is
This day is an opportunity to serve someone, several someones. It is for looking forward. Each person is a gift, requiring a second look, and a meeting.
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1661–We may be here for the sole purpose
Footprints in the Windsm # 1661
We may be here for
the sole purpose
—the soul purpose—
of helping one another through
grief
This may be why tears bring
us closer than anything else
weaving, weaving
despair, outrage,
vulnerability, lostness
into souls, weaving
Please pass it on.
© c 2017, Learning Works, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Easy reprint permissions: 574/291-0022, or by e-mail to mailto:Footprints AT FootprintsInTheWind.com. Back issues available at http://www.FootprintsintheWind.com
Please publish in your print or electronic periodical, with the above info.
To subscribe, send an e-mail with the word “subscribe” to mailto:Footprints AT FootprintsInTheWind.com
Masks reveal
Masks reveal
whom we want to show
like aboriginal masks gather
for the people’s healing and expansion
what is yet possible
:- Doug.
choosing levels
Each particular life
is in continuous conversation
with the whole of life
ever deepening
through stages
choosing
levels of depth
:- Doug.
