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What’s the story? What’s the theme? What’s the lesson? Will Rogers: “When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: ‘I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn’t like.’ I am so proud of that I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. And when you come to my grave you will find me sitting there, proudly reading it.” Your epitaph will read: “Told a story so people would ___.”

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1986

If you knew you were divine, had divinity’s message in you, what would you ask people? How would you engage them in conversation?

If I knew I were divine, how would I engage people in conversation? I would ask them questions to help them see their divinity, their creativity. I would ask them how they would change the world if they could. I would ask them what they could do today to help.

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Hearing is more than listening
Hearing is the purpose of listening
As seeing is the purpose of looking
And doing is the purpose of being

:- Doug.

Where are we headed? Towards bringing our stories (to work upon) into focus. You are standing in a darkroom with the red safelight on. Watch the photo come into view in the pan of developer. This is your story and how you are experiencing it. And will experience it over years: it develops, becomes sharper the more you apply developer.

:- Doug.

What forms can story take? A recipe, maybe with side notes of where you got it. Recorded oral memories.

:- Doug.

Maybe I don’t like either candidate. So then I look for who shows humanity, who leans toward love. Even just a little.

:- Doug.