Monthly Archives: September 2012
The higher work of the lawyer
The higher work of the lawyer is whole-making I’m a whole-maker So are You Let us see how this is so :- Doug.
With a waiting….
Maybe you want to punctuate your conversations with a waiting…an opening of space for a larger meeting. :- Doug.
Conversation has these aspects:
Conversation has these aspects: a. Communicate info b. Communicate fellow feeling c. Thinking d. Risk contributing e. Risk something happening to us f. Inventing a between g. Inventing each of us h. Special claim upon each other i. Essences touch … Continue reading
Both seed and soil
Exchange conversation is, a barter, only you each keep what you brought and add the other’s, and if grace smiles, a child of these. :- Doug.
Exchange it is
Exchange conversation is, a barter, only you each keep what you brought and add the other’s, and if grace smiles, a child of these. :- Doug.
In conversation we risk
In conversation we risk contributing, risk something happening to us. :- Doug.
Many thoughts
There are many thoughts in this world & I would have us together Converse our way to the deeper :- Doug.
This world of family is unreliable and perilous
This world of family is unreliable and perilous. We cannot find a path to it that works every time (only one out of it). Moreover we cannot guarantee ourselves positive outcomes in every meeting. Not even reality. We only know … Continue reading
Family conversation starts with….
Family conversation starts with a choice of observation point: relation or separation, presence or memory, one among or difference, real persons to meet or others to control. :- Doug.
How would we recognize family if we saw it?
How would we recognize family when we saw it? What gets in the way of it? What makes ready for it? For we can only ever really make ready. Make ourselves ready, open the space, invite. But grace is ever … Continue reading
Ban “Do Everything”
Friends– A thoughtful piece, worth acting upon. When you want to tell the doctor to “Do everything,” remember that the phrase is meaningless, and perhaps worse…. http://www.geripal.org/2012/09/ban-phrase-do-everything-its-dangerous.html :- Doug.
We get to family by working on the thread between
Sharing of selves happens by giving without trying to take to myself. We share being that belongs not solely to either of us. We get to family by working on the thread between and among us. The subject can be … Continue reading
Granny Suites?
Friends– Know any builder who’d like to offer these here? http://www.startribune.com/business/169047386.html :- Doug.