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For development of the human divine
in us, out of us, among us
is necessary:
reflection, writing poetry,
meditation/contemplation, fun,
conversation, silence, story-telling,
spirit-telling

:- Doug.

I see myself in that.

:- Doug.

Let’s assume there is something more at stake and look for it. You’re presumed profound until proven less.

:- Doug.

Let’s not assume I know what you mean or you know what I mean—let’s check it out. Ask, Is this what you mean? We cannot know where assumptions are at play, so we must ask many times more.

:- Doug.

Wisdom and maturation are two matched legs that propel us along. Wisdom is not a goal but part of a process.

:- Doug.

What brings joy these days? Is joy related to wisdom?

:- Doug.

Wisdom is something a step beyond maturation.

:- Doug.

Wisdom is of the imagination. If we do not see something in our imagination, if we do not find meaning in our imagination, there is no wisdom. Wisdom is about meaning and doing the right thing well. Wisdom is beyond knowledge, yet knowledge would not exist without imagination in which to store it, retrieve it, and manipulate it. Wisdom manipulates knowledge, makes it more useful, especially over time as knowledge grows stale and outdated, its shadows, held in the imagination, can guide us. Wisdom is of imagination, made useful in pointing our way.

:- Doug.

I am not the brightest candle on the cake but I still shed light on the festivities.

:- Doug.

You have an idea
it grows
you see your life writ large
you see many lives larger
you share or maybe
you hold the precious thing within to grow
wisdom is of imagination

:- Doug.

Can one be wise without other people?

:- Doug.

One of the most connecting things we can do is to hear another.

:- Doug.

Major poetry
Opens skylights
In imagination and spirit
Attend also
Major conversations

:- Doug.

Major poetry
In obscurity
—Is yet—
Major poetry

:- Doug.

What if our purpose in life were fulfilled long before we died, and our last 10 years came after? Last 30 years or 60? How would we live our later years? Would that purpose and event inform and infuse the rest of life? Would we become depressed or exhilarated? Something else?

:- Doug.

Let’s make adult sand boxes. For nursing homes and senior residences. Waist high like some garden planters. Give us a chance to play and create and discover things. About ourselves. Surely there are other play things elders would like to get their hands on.

:- Doug.

Nature loves diversity
So too we

:- Doug.

How are there fewer answers than we thought?

:- Doug.

How have your perspectives and attitudes changed over life?

:- Doug.

Uncertainty, ignorance, limits,
Harmony, dialogue, hearing:
Our growing edges

:- Doug.

It’s not a matter of developing our wisdom, but opening to allow it out to play.

:- Doug.

We cannot change the world
Only converse with it
Then together we make a new one
—A new world?
—A new conversation?

:- Doug.

I’m a Christian who believes God is bigger than any church has yet found.

:- Doug.