Monthly Archives: March 2016

Conversing with time itself

All’s a conversation: one with others, birds with wind, horses with flies, cedars with snows, you with me. Making clock time for the conversation is impossible: it is designed to be fixed spaces that tick away without mercy. Kairos time … Continue reading

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Dangerous

Chronos is about business: Dollars and Numbers. Kairos is about life: its beauty, its goodness, its truth—that life matters. Nurturing matters. Mattering can happen in an instant. Kairos also takes the time it takes: it comes in the form of … Continue reading

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Truth is, not business

Truth is, Kairos is about life, not about business. Life matters. Nurturing matters. :- Doug.

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Kairos is an art

Kairos is an art, it is about beauty and goodness. :- Doug.

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An artist in Kairos

Be an artist in Kairos: here is a way to bring beauty to life, life to flowering. :- Doug.

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They live longest who

Perhaps they live longest who have the most to figure out. :- Doug.

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My life has been a search for words

My life has been a search for words; how fitting I should now be given more for which to search! :- Doug.

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supple and changing

She told of her sister in law who was diagnosed a few months ago with terminal brain cancer at age 62. It affects her as well as her sister in law. She said it changes the dynamics. She noticed over … Continue reading

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Not what we talk about

It’s not what we talk about; it’s that we intend to converse, to together. :- Doug.

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Signals of the deep

Listen for the signals of the deep all about the kairos moment :- Doug.

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What is the value?

I cannot promise that revenues will go up, nor that turnover will go down. This is specifically outside the realm of numbers and measurement. This is human and therefore qualitative stuff. What is the value of a good moment in … Continue reading

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Start conversations

Get conversations started. Conversations of eyes, gestures, stories, songs, movement. Do we really need words to connect with someone? What is conversation about but loving humanity, helping someone matter? :- Doug.

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How healthy?

How healthy do you want to be when you die? :- Doug.

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You will not die from it!

The purpose of the conversation exercise is to let you experience that talking about death—even your own death—is not scary—and you will not die from it! :- Doug.

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The sources of meaning in your life?

What are the sources of meaning in your life? love, work, history, family, friends, pain, joy, creativity, responsibility, beauty, truth, goodness, humor, hugs, food, smells, music, lessons to give, stories to tell, people you need to forgive, be forgiven by, … Continue reading

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Pro-found moment

Kairos time can also be the pro-found moment. The professional can find the moment, and in that, the profound. :- Doug.

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Let’s talk about how to get our choice

These stories are how people die in our times. We have more choice than we realize. Let’s talk about how to get our choice. :- Doug.

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