Monthly Archives: November 2019

Hope is an enemy

Hope is an enemy Dashing us on rocks Of futures we do not want Whatever we hope Will never be :- Doug.

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Make fishing time

Make fishing time Throw a line Into deep water Where dwell powers Unknown and ready :- Doug.

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Story to teach questions?

How would you design a story to teach asking better questions? What if you were not teaching but inviting? :- Doug.

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Draw me a look like

For dying patients and their families, the same question as for their doctors and nurses: What does that look like? Especially for the patients and families: What do you want it to look like, and not look like? Draw me … Continue reading

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Permission to die?

What needs to be born in us today, in order for something to have permission to die? :- Doug.

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Catching up aging

Maybe you are catching up with your own aging. :- Doug.

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Stepping into unknowing

Wisdom is, in part, stepping into one’s unknowing. :- Doug.

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Noticing offerings?

Offerings: We are always offering Everyone offers their true selves offering Are we noticing theirs ours Hold? :- Doug.

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Prayer offering gift

Everything is a prayer, an offering, a gift. :- Doug.

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Abandon hope

Abandon hope Do the work :- Doug.

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Confused alive

Not being confused is not being alive. :- Doug.

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300-year mindset

Develop a 300-year mindset. :- Doug.

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Machines don’t have conversation

The machines don’t have conversation. They have exchange of information. They do not have community, nor gathering, nor difference of opinion. They might eventually have these things. But the thinking of their developers so far seems to miss these shining … Continue reading

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