The river grows
People happen. People will sometimes tell you why they hate you. Maybe they don’t understand why. You have to find a way to forgive you. Past the rapids, the river grows swift and gentle again.
:- Doug.
Archive for July, 2019
Squealing in a high pile
Grandchildren in a high pile
tickling squealing all arms and legs
aren’t we all?
:- Doug.
300 year spiritual?
What spiritual practices today are good kindling for the grandchildren 300 years from now?
:- Doug.
Specific set of colors
I believe there is a commonly held specific set of colors to paint a better humanity—even if we have not yet put them into one list.
:- Doug.
Into the extraordinary
Into the extraordinary
here will you
choose to love
those so far
those they love?
:- Doug.
Pond is lightly glassy
The pond is glassy and lightly shimmering. Calls to me: Hello, friend. Fresh leaves on the maple are waving greetings. Sunlight is smiling.
:- Doug.
Musical steeping
Some notes are a steeping bowl: we never use this liquid, yet it flavors what goes through our mouths.
:- Doug.
Bullies or generations?
We stand up to bullies now to give a chance to the generations of elders coming.
:- Doug.
Speaking with our
It is less speaking with an elder 300 years from now and more speaking with our community.
:- Doug.
To speak for the species
Isn’t this an act of hope—to speak for the species and the centuries?
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1880–The freedom to speak my heart/the freedom to hear yours/….
Footprints in the Windsm # 1880
The freedom to speak my heart
the freedom to hear yours
where do we find these
in our rounds?
Please pass it on.
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