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Lowest bidder is not a virtue in
Love of babies
Care of elders
Nor in Wills to nurture your tribe

:- Doug.

Time; and yet
Thought
Life; and yet
Dream
I; and yet
We

:- Doug.

What do I mean when I say
anything?
What does it mean that I
say?
What does it mean when
I?

:- Doug.

Why do we need a government—the peoples’ servant—to tell us whether a person has a right to be?

:- Doug.

What’s to fear
if there’s an ear
to hear
here?

:- Doug.

What would the voiceless
Say
Unless we hear?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1178

The Great Rift
Who will heal the great rift
between those with money & those without?
between those with power & those without?
between those with voices & those without?
between Republicans and Democrats?
between Republicans and Republicans?
between neighbor and neighbor?
between you and me?
Separation is a lie
There is no hero to heal us
except you & me
together
We must stitch & stitch
for fifty years, a hundred, more
keep telling each other
& every other
healing is the way
healing is the only way

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If you only look one direction, you might just get clobbered by something from one of the other 359.

:- Doug.

There is larger and there is smaller in life. We cannot be sure that larger will prevail; we must get to work. We can choose: some choose death and evil and selfishness; and some choose life and good and the whole. The truth is we cannot tell which will ultimately prevail, if either does; we can only choose and get to work to make it happen, or sleep while the work is done.

:- Doug.

Mortally wounded
are we—& the projectile
running us through—life

:- Doug.

The one who’s afraid of living
is a little better off than
one who doesn’t know ‘e’s not

:- Doug.

Catch ’em by their eyes
To catch ’em by their hearts

:- Doug.

Listen closer
This what every conversation
Whispers

:- Doug.

I am
inviting people into life
freeing them to live wholly
calling them home

:- Doug.

Perhaps I am a legal psychologist

:- Doug.

We engage the world
Adding ourselves making it
Whole—that’s all there is

:- Doug.

I’m selling love
O but I want to give it away
& live in generosity
—is possible?
more valuable when given?

:- Doug.

My work is walking with you around in your mind, finding our way.

:- Doug.

For each of your grandchildren, complete this sentence: If I could give you anything, I’d give you….

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1177

Every time we see something that disturbs our sensibilities about what is right and wrong, every time we notice something that makes us greater or lesser as humans, this is evidence that we are progressing. Now all we have to do is act upon our new-found realizations: say something, write something, do something larger.

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What would help you feel happy, whole, complete? What would help your daughter feel so? Your mother?

:- Doug.

We receive
We give
A respiration

:- Doug.

There is great value in what I do. I seek to make the value greater. If I seek to bestow it on you, it places on you an obligation to keep the gift moving. I bestow it not with the intention of receiving nor of placing a burden, but of giving you a spin, a role in the dance. A dance is a good picture; the movement of clouds in the sky is like it: become an integral part of the whole.

:- Doug.