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The hardware store sells me a quarter inch drill. Do they sell me quarter inch holes? No. The doctor, the lawyer, the preacher provide me a service. Do they sell me a result? No. They each provide what they provide. Life is without guarantees and results are seldom seen in the instant, nor dependent solely on the provider.

:- Doug.

Peace and getting along is not the final stage of human relations, only a stopping place along the way. It may be the attractor to where most of us want to be, and indeed it (or states near it) may be where we spend the most time. Eventually, we will cycle into conflict, truce, spirit, and back to self-centric thinking. It, Thou, Us, Poetry, Making, It…. We go round.

:- Doug.

The elder view is the long view.

:- Doug.

Friend, into your generations.

:- Doug.

“Laden with happiness and tears.” Are tears more profound, more together-bringing than happiness? Or just a form of happiness? Either can carry us along the generational stream.

:- Doug.