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We are only the shapers, the tools
We conceive or place
We improve
We quicken life
We add some peaceful harmony
Or disharmony, distinction, dissent
We revere the moving whole of life

:- Doug.

Each new person
Fits with the others near
Makes the larger more profound
Enlarges it in spirit

:- Doug.

Stand back look at
The genius of those around us and
Gasp

:- Doug.

Woven or entangled?
Yes, we are

:- Doug.

Divinity shows up as
All of the above

:- Doug.

Today I am
In the midst of the divine,
Opening

:- Doug.

When a city feeds its people, builds highways, and provides medical care to everyone, and the waste is slight, something larger than competition is at work. It seems to be some sort of self-organization.

:- Doug.

Healing conversation is the art of inviting good heads and hearts so they can weave themselves together.

:- Doug.

TXTs cause wrecks.

:- Doug.

Work at the heart of the universe
Have a long reach

:- Doug.

Humanity’s hearts will weave themselves together. They just need to be invited. That’s our role.

:- Doug.

Bringing humanity back to our senses

:- Doug.

My clients have my heart.

:- Doug.

As an elder caring attorney I see the conversations I invite healing the heart of families.

:- Doug.

Family—
Our greatest source of comfort
Our greatest source of irritation

:- Doug.

A lawyer can take more time with you.

:- Doug.

For the doctor the purpose is getting through the difficult conversation. For the healer, the purpose is in the getting through.

:- Doug.

Last night I helped a family resolve how to get Dad the care he needs without impoverishing Mom. Here’s the hidden thing: I was helping them figure out their pattern to come together years from now when Mom and Dad have left.

:- Doug.

I set before you choice:
heal the heart of humanity,
or break it
I am healing the
heart of humanity

:- Doug.

The people in this circle, your circle, are a tremendous resource. They are a whole of which you are part. They make you whole, you make them whole.

:- Doug.

Family, turning to one another, is by that alone made both richer and simpler. We are symmetrical, resembling each other, and syncopated in the large.

:- Doug.

We make the world whole by turning to one another. I help families turn to one another when one is seriously.

:- Doug.

What happened yesterday today
Can be what we work on
Can work on us

:- Doug.