Human incompleteness
Dialogue is nurtured in human incompleteness. Can we only grow when we do not exist?
:- Doug.
Archive for February 22nd, 2022
crusts and grunts
For me to open up to my wife and children has been really difficult and usually I fail. In a familiar relationship we develop shorthand and habits. Habits get encrusted. Shorthand becomes code. Eventually (without working at it), we are left with crusts and grunts—empty of real communication, empty of openness and vulnerability, let alone of conversation. It takes fresh effort, and courage, to step through.
:- Doug.
recognize attitudes as context
Part of conversational context are the attitudes of people—resignation, questioning, transforming, energized. These must be recognized too.
:- Doug.
