Our rough and ready life
Life, our life, is rough and ready, never perfect. This is the world, the all there is. We are of it, all of it. This is joy and peace. There may be no other heaven nor hell. This is our life, the life: live it.
:- Doug.
Archive for December 25th, 2022
All these are of that home
The world, the place where children, old people, all humans walk, play, work, laugh, cry, drink beer, eat, die, this world is small. It exists as a home to humans, and as a home to all manner of beings. Humans exist as outgrowths of that world. It is home and all these are of that home. Our conversations grow out of home, and make home. This is our proper proportion.
:- Doug.
The richness of conversation
The richness of conversation
the quality without a name
think of it like living
:- Doug.
Embering
I also have to realize that a brief encounter is unlikely to, in fact is not designed to, spark much real conversation. It might leave me feeling hollow. On the other hand, every whatever is all of the all, and might touch a spark already embering.
:- Doug.
A working question
What qualities do you value most in conversation? This seems to be a rich question, much like What Went Well? The value is in letting the question sit with people after I have left. Will they seek to make their conversation richer? Will they ponder the question? Some might. This is a working question, one which works on those those asked, one which invites a desire to surface.
:- Doug.
