always more
What is possible is always more than what we think is possible.
:- Doug.
I suppose the day is near
When we will richly grasp
Diversity’s a slice of joy
& Not a duty imposed
:- Doug.
When a busy day is on tap, thinking falls away: insights are few. Observe. Attend. Still. Question.
:- Doug.
Conversation is central to life
Conversation is everyday magic, everyday spirit
Conversation is how we can make our world whole
:- Doug.
Connecting engaging with other persons is Immanuel is with G*d. This engaging opens us out calls us forth births us for this we are born for this we enter the world. Challenge to us difficult it is yet we are not here for ego self but for this one life which we do not own nor are we stewards but we share.
:- Doug.
There’s nothing in it for you
Unless a better community is good for you
Unless nurturing your grandchildren is good for you
Unless growing large as the world is good for you
:- Doug.
Are you enjoying your life?
Not yet every minute of ordinary days
You could: Find a way—
Start with a shift of your eye
:- Doug.
Commission people to open conversations
Commission persons as evocateurs
:- Doug.
Good and gracious friend
Be present at our table conversations
Make them juicy
Help us remember all day—today
That we are community with all
:- Doug.
The straight line is part of the whole
The curved
Part of the whole
You and I
—And—
:- Doug.
Time with you is sweet—
still you evoke service—
service I discover is sweet
:- Doug.
Traverse this, there is a larger
Traverse this, there is a larger
Circles, ahh, circles!
:- Doug.
The Way is the Way
A mystery you say
What mystery is knowable
As this—intimate—stay
Or go, ever present to discover
Revealing her secrets—lover
:- Doug.
There is a larger force
That you can set in play
This grand thing you cannot do
Yet invitation calls
:- Doug.
The power of memory
Can stop us in our tracks
Cleaning a house and finding a memory
Lying there
Sometimes stops the strongest ones
So too in conversation, of longing
Of reliving sweetness, remembrance
Can hold us from a better
Good future and good work
:- Doug.
Good heads
Good hearts
Good work
Good hands
Good people
Good work
Good feet
Good work
Good community
:- Doug.