What’s in it for those who do not engage?
What is in it for those who do not engage? Awareness of what might happen and what does happen in our community. A chance to grow.
:- Doug.
Archive for April, 2013
What can we do in an hour?
What can we do in an hour? It only takes a second to grab an imagination or a soul….
:- Doug.
Requiring presentation outlines 6 months ahead
Requiring presentation outlines 6 months ahead cuts off further development, innovation, and growth. It gives participants material that is old and cold.
:- Doug.
A system of compassion for the dying?
Is it possible to have a system of compassion for the dying today—in the face of restricted budgets, limited time, and a culture of we can fix anything?
:- Doug.
Let us bring up the level of buzz
Let us bring up the level of buzz in our heads, hearts, and hums (that is, our voices, how we engage others).
:- Doug.
Are we doing death the best possible?
Are we doing death the best possible? Are we supporting the dying? Are we the best place in America to die?
:- Doug.
Sacred work for ever
We are finding good already inside and among us and inviting us to activate that.
The very meaning of the word educate: to lead out.
Out of ourselves, out from among ourselves.
Sacred work for ever: to lead us out from among ourselves to among ourselves.
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1321–Boston–the work of we
Footprints in the Windsm # 1321
We quickly uncovered the Boston Marathon bombers. Yes, we: law enforcement people used all the cameras that abound and the memories of people and the alertness of people to find these perpetrators. The ending was in violence and bloodshed, but those might some day be influenced as well by inclusiveness. All of us together have gotten us this far; all of us together can take us further.
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People are dying out there
People are dying out there. Some fear over treatment, some fear abandonment. They have a stake in how they are treated and cared for; so do their families; so do their health carers; and perhaps others as well. We can do this better. Let us engage these folks in a conversation about how we can do this better.
:- Doug.
How to change the sea?
How to change the sea?
A breeze unnoticed
A new direction
A drop there heeds
Whispers & droplets
:- Doug.
What can we hope to accomplish in an hour?
What can we hope to accomplish in an hour? Invite, look for positive deviants, taste skills, spark attitude change, seeing the injustice and uncaring, sparking desire to speak truth to power….
:- Doug.
POST is a flapping of butterfly wings
POST is a flapping of butterfly wings, a little thing, starting.
:- Doug.
Be careful of this danger:
Be careful of this danger: seeing what you have seen before when what is in front of you is new.
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1320–Boston Marathon bombings
Footprints in the Windsm # 1320
Maybe the Boston Marathon bombings teach us to be caring for each other—before something can happen. Be observant. Report suspicious things. But more than that: be kind to strangers, the other, the disaffected. Kindness of strangers might take someone off the path to terrorism—or get them psychological help when needed. A kind voice, an openness to hear, an observant heart willing to act—who can tell their power?
Please pass it on.
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People around us stand to have pain, remorse….
People around us stand to have a great deal of pain, remorse, guilt, anger and more around our deaths. We can do something about that now while we are healthy and later nearing our deaths. We must open space for one another. All sides bear the responsibility for this. People do sometimes cut off one another, refuse to listen. We need to get agreement to hear each other out, to not interrupt, to take in and allow their thoughts respect.
:- Doug.
When Dad lies there dying….
When Dad lies there dying how might we best love Dad and one another? Or when we are not clear that Dad is dying?
:- Doug.
The works to which we are invited:
God is acting: inviting us, free us, calling us home. These are the works of God and the works to which we are invited.
:- Doug.
The cool washcloth brigade
Together let us invent for the dying among us, the cool washcloth brigade.
:- Doug.
Why do we separate the dying from others?
Why do we separate the dying from others? Of course they want to bring their ambit in ever narrower, but is this always good? Might there be some good in speaking with, being with, one another?
;- Doug.
