If I see you smiling through
If I see you smiling through
the shimmering leaves
I may recognize you through
the sea of faces
the song of my days
:- Doug.
Archive for the 'Conversations' Category
Thousands of words
Thousands of words, and still have not said what needs to be said, what can be said, what is important to say.
:- Doug.
Small groups bring life
Small groups do bring life. In large groups it is more difficult to find the together.
That is important: finding together is easier if we can know the others, inside foremost.
:- Doug.
You are only worth what you own
Why ever put your worth as a human being in what you own (such as money)?
:- Doug.
potholes will bring us together
There’s a bigger thing to do than fixing our neighborhood potholes. Still, potholes will bring us together. Where we need to be is together. Yet we do need to take the step past together to larger together. Here is where we enter poetry, dance, spin.
:- Doug.
Life requires two or more
Life requires two or more. There is no life in one alone. Conversation, intercourse, meeting is the generative field of living.
:- Doug.
gathering side of the scales
This needs to be my task as well. Love. A dismissive word. But a descriptive word. We are frayed apart. We can come back together. We need a familiar tenor, pitch, heart-pull. So my messages need to be continually reviewed to see that they are on the gathering side of the scales, not the dissipative.
:-Doug.
elder caring gathering
Let us call the elder caring gathering with people who are respectful, good, kind, creative, profound, adult, effective, collaborative, and amazing!
:- Doug.
Even the lone dancer
Even the lone dancer meets
someone’s eyes
some one heart
life demands meeting
life originates in more than one
:- Doug.
small, long, major and tunneled
Conversations: small, long, major and tunneled. No large events with thousands of people. A handful at a time.
:- Doug.
Gently, openly
Gently, openly take people and conversations deeper, to the tunnels. Everyday.
:- Doug.
