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What if we do already know and even feel the need for other people and for collaboration? What if we found a more lively word? What if we sought out each other for what we already know we can give each other? What if we went out into the world with the expectation of finding one another?

What if we recognized the power of the heart to get work done? The broken heart?

For me the what if means I am not going to meet people with my fists clenching in anticipation, I am going with my arms reaching to embrace. It means loving people—as they are, where they are—not even wanting them to engage the world. Yes, I need to stand for what I stand for—but I can invite and hear.

Invite and hear. Listen to my own heart. Listen for love. Invite and hear.

:- Doug.

This morning
on the way out
rain water was clinging
to the bottom of the clothes pole
each drop a prism of greens and
golds and browns
flashing as I walked
towards it and the sun
These are the kinds of days
in which we can dream….

:- Doug.

To be more inviting might mean to be more cryptic.

:- Doug.

What if we already knew and felt the importance of conversation—lived it every day—and only need to be lightly touched on the shoulder—to turn and let it do our heavy work?

:- Doug.

All we have is
All we ever had is
Each other

:- Doug.