Good may emerge
Given diverse personalities, different milieus, and linguistic metamorphoses, the outcomes of our efforts are unpredictable. Even so, we ought try, if only for our consciences. Who knows? Good may emerge.
:- Doug.
Archive for June, 2019
Between you and God
Is it just between you and God
or are you essential to the rest of us?
is it between God and all of us?
:- Doug.
I come I get
I come to meeting
like I come to life
to be to experience
to hear the robin’s song
and I get the next moment
:- Doug.
Think about?
If you’re telling stories for the benefit of th 11th generation—300 years on—what must you think about?
:- Doug.
It will not go away
It will not go away, you know. Love, inclusiveness, caring, sharing, kindness.
:- Doug.
Words across
We offer our words across generations desiring they transcend our age—and theirs.
:- Doug.
Why novels still?
Why does the novel persist? How does that question speak to what we want for or owe to the 11th generation?
:- Doug.
Long thin needle
Let us interview each other looking for the long story. Let us use the long thin needle and the barely visible thread to stitch our lives into patterns we had not seen before.
Is this the work of the years, to stand back and see, really see? We could encourage it in young people, those newly 50 or 60.
:- Doug.
Decency and generosity
How do we talk about decency and generosity as an attribute of being human?
:- Doug.
Discovery while speaking
What have you discovered speaking it? When did you hear what you said?
:- Doug.
Living, breathing grandchildren
What do living, breathing grandchildren of the 11th generation need?
:- Doug.
Increasing humanity’s options
The long purpose is increasing humanity’s options. What stories will contribute?
:- Doug.
Sustained story crafting?
What story might we tell with 300 years of sustained endeavor? Whom might we enlist in crafting it in each generation?
:- Doug.
Who will want the stories?
In the 11th generation
Who will want to keep the stories
And why? Work here
:- Doug.
