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We begin to notice death’s many aspects—some are desirable beneficial lovely—ours might serve the spheres beyond ourselves.

:- Doug.

I-Thou always leaves us
I-It loudly pulls us
I-Thou whispers—do we respond?

:- Doug.

Dying as we grow acquainted with it becomes giving and loving and reaching out. So live my eldering days that I am becoming friends with dying, that my dying becomes: my dying becomes me and vice versa.

:- Doug.

Friend, into your perilous eyes.

:- Doug.

Eyes to eyes: gaze into one another’s essence, being, soul. This the intimate meeting all seek always.

:- Doug.

Mr. Vocabulary
has a small dictionary
only requiring small

:- Doug.

Proffering converse—
inviting meeting—
—seeking eyes—

:- Doug.

Nature speaks to us so potently
freeing us from words

:- Doug.

To bring you out
I-Thou arrives
to share

:- Doug.

There is no art of dialogue
For it is not something you produce
It happens with

:- Doug.

Give us meetings holy

:- Doug.

Inhalation
exhalation
meeting points
two per breath
whole

:- Doug.

Release and preservation, bond and liberation, turning and returning, away and toward, preserves and redeems, becoming and being, periphery and center, It and Thou, using/experiencing and relating/meeting. Seen in these word pairs, I get a hint. We dimly see: we must return.

:- Doug.

Becoming is larger than being
Meeting larger than both\

:- Doug.

It’s always a safe saying,
Your God is too small

:- Doug.

Deep breath, I-Thou
Release, I-It
Fall silent between, mystery turning-returning

:- Doug.

Maybe there is a light in the tunnel.

:- Doug.

Tell us about a time you learned something important that most people miss?

:- Doug.

Tell us about a time you learned something important about…spirituality?

:- Doug.

Tell us about a time you learned something important about…marriage?

:- Doug.

Tell us about a time you learned something important about…money?

:- Doug.

The first next step is to start calling meetings.

:- Doug.

A day to change the conversation

:- Doug.