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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1491

Why shouldn’t I invent new words, if there are no old ones that say the thing?

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There is a living
something that precedes
cognition and separation
is after them
and envelops them

:- Doug.

Evidence based is a term of endearment in the medical and academic communities. It is otherwise for me. I see it as a way we avoid coming to grips with real people. It converts everyone and every story into a statistic and says we can stop here. We must not stop here. We must see larger.

:- Doug.

I tend toward anger when my heart is not received. Strange! I should tend toward compassion. Compassion for the other. Compassion for my own soul wanting to feel and express anger over the hurt. It is OK to fight, I suppose, or at least assert. But the better approach, the more human and loving approach would be invitation. You have no need to go the direction of exclusively numbers and Dollars, you can go the direction of your heart, soul, spirit, compassion, humanity.

:- Doug.

Make good!

:- Doug.

Do not compare yourself with another.

:- Doug.

What will I choose to do with the next 20 years of my life? Or, what will I do for the next 3 until I am crucified?

:- Doug.

Any elephant can hold the tail of the one ahead. If we are not leading out we are not educating. Out: from the old accustomed ways.

:- Doug.

If we can’t do something new, if we cannot offer something discontinuous with the past, we waste our time, we make the world less.

:- Doug.

What was your favorite kind of music when you were courting?

:- Doug.

Lively longer: let’s stay!

:- Doug.