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In the stream of ancestors who has more power? Those ahead, us, or those behind?

:- Doug.

What is unequal among generations? How to level the gradient and work together?

:- Doug.

Boring at least is not scary.

:- Doug.

I dream of a people who can walk and talk and dream for centuries. What is a dream you want to go on for centuries?

:- Doug.

Ouch! I am God’s creation responding to the hurtful words you just used.

:- Doug.

Human is not something we own and do not have to maintain. It is something we work towards. It is a skill we can improve. What are you offering to those following you?

:- Doug.

The timeless way of doing human. Wonderfully.

:- Doug.

That is a goo start.

:- Doug.

Our first step is to ask what have been the wonderful things in your life? What wonderful if anything stemmed from a tragedy? The second step is to explore how those coming behind us can use those stories as a branching off place to make doing human more wonderful.

:- Doug.

What wonderful misses is the sense of conversation within the stream of ancestors. It is perhaps too momentary. Done and gone and no longer having effect. Can we do human wonderfully, and have it stick, or be a jumping off place for even more wonder? How do we get there? What tracks do we leave? What imaginations do we sparkle?

:- Doug.

Activate yourself. Activate wonder. Activate wonderful.

:- Doug.

By moments life happens. By moments change happens. Life changes. Life endures by its changing.

:- Doug.

Perhaps we cannot and even ought not make the whole territory of life wonderful, but we can make districts and gardens so.

:- Doug.

Momentarily wonderful

:- Doug.

It is imperative we think things we never have.

:- Doug.

Old people are not the only ones with a long-range view of wonder. It more often comes in later years.

:- Doug.

Why? So we keep playing with wonder.

:- Doug.

Why? This is our one chance to make humanity wonder and wonderful.

:- Doug.

It’s not about long talk. It is about wonder and wonderful.

:- Doug.

Freedom is a heavy load few will shoulder for long.

This is a reflection on having closed my practice. During the practice, I had little time to do my reflective work. Now, I have the time, yet the freedom is heavy, and it is hard to push myself to concentrate on what I need and most want to do: instead it is easy to fritter away the opportunities. One person suggested that structure is freeing. Indeed. I need to structure my days around study and writing, walking and talking, chores and poiein.

Freedom is also a heavy load because it is a responsibility. To do something good in the world, better than you have done ever before.

:- Doug.

What locale would bring and embody me and others into my why? Cemetery?

:- Doug.

Look higher.

:- Doug.

I’m a Gatherer.

:- Doug.