Archive for November, 2017

Interact

The only way to change our culture is to interact with it. Every interaction, however small, moves the culture. Which way is best? Converse.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 30th, 2017 | No Comments »

Flows all directions

Not simply back and forth, give and take: all flows in all directions, making and sharing. Even skin and hands are permeable, no barriers.

:- Doug.

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Therefore…

No world view is final. Therefore…

:- Doug.

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Will not all agree

We will not all agree. Let us converse with those who are open. Perhaps a change for good only needs 38 1/3%.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 30th, 2017 | No Comments »

Inversion history?

What has been the history of inversion?

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 30th, 2017 | No Comments »

Gathering the winds

This they call God
these call universe
those by another name
is free creative
gathering the winds
needs not go through any inter
vening space to get you there

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

Holy free

This holy principle
is free
to change the way things are

:- Doug.

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Not as they should be

Not as they should be
Not as they were promised
Not as they must be
About these things
Cry aloud

:- Doug.

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Not an honorific

Elder is not an honorific: it is a job description.

:- Doug.

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Are we a free people?

Are we a free people or not? Are we tied by our chasing after Dollars and numbers or do we give justice and compassion as we wish?

:- Doug.

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Grandchildren dying

Grieve, grieve for the grandchildren
They are dying before our eyes
Even while playing, so cry

:- Doug.

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Notice

Elders notice.

:- Doug.

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Do about it?

What if you’re an elder? What can you do about it?

:- Doug.

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Spiritual eldering

Spiritual eldering

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

Footprints in the Windsm # 1741–Expect people to dismiss

Footprints in the Windsm # 1741

Expect people to dismiss. Expect people to get nervous, to fight it. Expect people to ridicule. Care when people do not react, are not disturbed. Reach out: expect your hand to be slapped. Hard. Do not stop if it is not. Or if it is. Do not be attached to either as your stopping point. It is a valuable gift. Whether and how it is received is not your concern. You have come only to give it.


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Published in: FootprintsintheWind/sm | on November 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

Already developing

Elders already are developing this consciousness. This consciousness is grounded in justice and compassion, implicit in the panoramic view.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 29th, 2017 | No Comments »

Symptoms

Numbness, enculturation, weariness, ennui, resignation, satiety, consumerism, playlessness, tearlessness, imaginationlessness: symptoms of the disease of our age.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Sufficient right being

An alternative consciousness, introduced as an infection, may be sufficient right being and doing of the elder.

:- Doug.

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Do what’s right

We may not get there, nor in my lifetime, nor in 300 years. So? Results are never a good test for life. Push and pull even if we cannot see the needle move. Sometimes we just have to do what’s right.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Families in crisis

We help families in crisis get help to pay for care in a nursing home or at home.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Not fearing death

Many people do not fear death so much as the pain and struggle of dying. This is the job of hospice—and all of us.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 28th, 2017 | No Comments »

Lawyers’ job

Our job as lawyers is not to fight just because we can, but to work toward what for our clients is the best we can.

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 27th, 2017 | No Comments »

You have no power

This too has been taken from you
no, you elder have no power
unless
we call your words
and imagination
invitation
to the generations

:- Doug.

Published in: Conversations | on November 27th, 2017 | No Comments »
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