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It’s justice I’m after
a word spoken of lawyers
whispered by lawyers
only in their dreams
shouted by the souls of us
—all of us—
approaching death
It’s justice for life
and the living of it

:- Doug.

I’m opening space for life.

:- Doug.

Facilitate life
—be totally present, absolutely invisible
—think of one more thing not to do
—calm, knowing all is right

:- Doug.

No matter how many extra sides or angles you put on your box, it will never be flexible enough to fit every life. Or any life.

:- Doug.

There are no pre-fab solutions to life. Nor can there be.

Nor ought there be.

:- Doug.

I want to converse afterwards with the one person who is most moved to do something about this for our community.

:- Doug.

We don’t have to have all the answers to start—hey, we won’t even have all the questions till we get to digging in the field.

:- Doug.

Where is the fire’s generating core?

:- Doug.

I’m Two-thirds.

:- Doug.

Team: the old metaphor of the horses pulling the plow. Are you inspired by being a plow horse?

:- Doug.

What’s been the theme of your life? What do you want it to be next?

:- Doug.

Skip trying to persuade people of something new, no matter how attractive to you. New world-views are accepted either bite by bite, or when the old guard dies off. Bites are faster. Speak in words with which these friends are comfortable: a change of heart; a world in flux; work with the flow; we’re all lost; one step at a time; together we’re smarter than any one of us.

:- Doug.

Imagine your seventh last day: What do your relations need from you?

:- Doug.

We don’t need our people to have more information and knowledge, we need people to be different.

:- Doug.

When we see suffering we can ask, Is some of this less physical and more of the soul and spirit?

:- Doug.

How do we make living our later years and dying both sacred processes?

:- Doug.

Conversing ought cause you to change your heart.

:- Doug.

I think I’d rather be comprised of
membranes than boundaries
porosity than blockages
I’d rather be
an amoeba than an armadillo
a bundle than king of the hill

:- Doug.

Who wants to play and work with us?

:- Doug.

What are the bigger questions? Juicy questions? Verboten questions?

:- Doug.

We each have our own metaphors.

:- Doug.

Seekers ought to be seekers of God
All their lives & beyond
Never once seeking to find
For God (and each of us) always
Has infinitely more to explore

:- Doug.

Lights on early morning traffic
fire hydrants stand guard
trees making oxygen
power and telephone lines connecting
love is all about
everywhere people caring for people

:- Doug.