Taking to scale might mean taking to smaller scale, just at higher density….
Taking to scale might mean taking to smaller scale, just at higher density. Higher density in time and space.
:- Doug.
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…and so G*d needs this route to touch us and be touched by us.
G*d needs us as much as we need G*d. We need G*d to touch us from above, from within, and from other human beings—we need the touch of a hand on ours, the touch of a heart to ours—and so G*d needs this route to touch us and be touched by us.
:- Doug.
People make their own depth, their own connection; it is our role to….
People make their own depth, their own connection; it is my role to provide the space.
:- Doug.
God is the human way of reminding us that…
God is the human way of reminding us that we are one.
:- Doug.
What do we get if we seek to build upon bedrock?—…rock: molten, fluid, fiery….
What do we get if we seek to build upon bedrock? Some hold that the center of the earth—the absolute bed of all—is rock: molten, fluid, fiery. It is true that we build all we build upon rock—hard flowing fire.
:- Doug.
What do I want? (A good question to ask myself.) A stream, a lake to watch the clouds in—and….
What do I want? (A good question to ask myself.) A stream, a lake to watch the clouds in—and then to make something wonderful happen—to draw people together who care strongly and are willing to risk to work.
:- Doug.
Really make a difference in the way life can be lived.
Really make a difference in the way life can be lived.
:- Doug.
When people pull up a chair and lean into the conversation, ….
When people pull up a chair and lean into the conversation, chances are something is gonna get done.
Let us show small groups how to do that. Repeatably.
:- Doug.
Ordinary people agree on the most important fundamental questions that relate to life. Where disagreements come in….
Ordinary people agree on the most important fundamental questions that relate to life. Where disagreements come in most often are on artificial questions raised by people who are after putting money in their own pockets, people who see the world as Its. Ordinary people agree that plants and trees and children come first, that sunlight and getting along are foundational. They agree that this bush is important to preserve, that cars should be slowed, that life is enhanced if the children have open playgrounds in a place that is protected from fast dense traffic. Life agrees to live.
:- Doug.
When we get close enough to smell one another, we smell genius.
When we get close enough to smell one another, we smell genius.
:- Doug.
Collaboration and coming together is possible. You just don’t know how to do it.
Collaboration and coming together is possible. You just don’t know how to do it.
:- Doug.
People have a human right—and a human need—to shape their space.
People have a human right—and a human need—to shape their space.
:- Doug.
Work with a few people at a time to grow and plant a new environs.
Work with a few people at a time to grow and plant a new environs.
:- Doug.
Show people they are in charge of their environs to make them more homey.
Show people they are in charge of their environs to make them more homey.
:- Doug.
People can be heard, people can make their place work for everybody. Humbly, really.
People can be heard, people can make their place work for everybody. Humbly, really.
:- Doug.
Finally a deep breath/finally we are home/finally someone heard us/….
Finally a deep breath
finally we are home
finally someone heard us
finally we matter
this is what it means to
disorganize your community
:- Doug.
…the ego-filled notion in the saying, We will leave traces; but humbly we do leave….
the ego-filled notion in the saying, We will leave traces; but humbly we do leave traces that in the hint of a smile, or the sweat of a brow, endure. What traces we leave in hearts endure; ego has no admission there.
:- Doug.
Equally unreal/our hopes our fears/….
Equally unreal
our hopes our fears
straight line
we fear the bad continues
we hope our good extends
undulating syncopated
is our real living
:- Doug.
