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I’m on the edge of the yet unknown. Two paths: jump, ponder. Each choice a jumping. Both choices good. The only choice that does not grow me is to walk away.

:- Doug.

What story will you tell…to nurture?

:- Doug.

To walk in the midst of your dream
—or mine—performs an act of
unexpected love for the grandchildren

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1870

Hate is a failure of imagination
a failure of willingness to work
to find yourself in others

Please pass it on.

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Premise: through discovered conversation and story we give each other, across centuries, permission, expansion of one another’s ideas, and courage to test our expansion.

:- Doug.

We declare but mostly decode the better part of humanity in the stories that choose us as their teller. We decode for the spirits of those who come after. They enter our conversation by putting into our stories their coming to awareness.

:- Doug.

Is this as good as we get? What then will you?

:- Doug.

Humanity drawing
larger circles

:- Doug.

Reverence for gathering.

:- Doug.

Mourning brings us together.

:- Doug.

I did not think I was mourning. Then this Friend spoke to my spirit.

:- Doug.

“Ing” is a verb trying to become noun
“ly” is an adjective trying to become verb

:- Doug.

Our sadness at the divisiveness in our country is itself belonging and love.

:- Doug.

Anger grows well in a bed of fear.

:- Doug.

Reverence for belonging.

:- Doug.

Worlds meet in you.

:- Doug.

I am the grandson of a grandson
You the granddaughter of a granddaughter
That is enough

:- Doug.

Are we the pinnacle?

:- Doug.

Not here to make a better world—a better human community.

:- Doug.

What is your promise toward making better our species? How do you fulfill it?

:- Doug.

You’ve done good
Now elder
Draw good from us

:- Doug.

There is always something new out of elders.

:- Doug.

Whatever we leave for later generations we won’t teach it into them: we’ve got to inspire it out of them. Same as what we have to receive from the generation 300 years ago.

:- Doug.