Monthly Archives: September 2019
Expect of ourselves?
What do we expect of others and ourselves in a family setting? Business? School? Spiritual? Entertainment? Neighborhood? Government? Internet? Democracy? These are clues to our values which are candidates for transmitting to the generations. :- Doug.
Non famous epitome
Tell the story of a non famous person in your life who epitomizes a good aspect of humanity. :- Doug.
Vignette this day
Write a letter to your 300-year grandchild elders with a vignette saying who you are this particular day you are writing it. :- Doug.
Morph usefully
I plan to not retire: I plan to morph into ever more useful. :- Doug.
How a machine helped
Write a story about How a machine learned to help me. :- Doug.
Write a young elder
Write a letter to a young elder asking her or him to improve humanity. :- Doug.
Need more futures
The world needs more futures practitioners. :- Doug.
Flying companion
What we want as a storyteller is a flying companion. :- Doug.
Through the ears
Profundity comes in through the ears. It first goes out. Through the hair. One lets down one’s hair. Loosens shoulders, lets them down. Pretense—of strength, beauty, whatever it is—is relieved. One just is. The deep down, the really real, revealed. … Continue reading
Foibles and muddles received
We crave love—some person to love and to love us. We develop deep relationships with dogs who seem to receive us unconditionally. That’s it—the central thing—to be received, taken in, in all our foibles and muddles—to be received. Nothing more … Continue reading
Story divergence
Tell us a story about that. Can someone here find a point of divergence in that? :- Doug.
How study values?
How shall we study values and humanicity?How can we narrow it to what we can foster? :- Doug
A thinking course
This is a thinking course, not a thought course. :- Doug.
Study futures if they are possible
If we assume one future is possible we can study it and our actions in relation to it. Suppose…. :- Doug.
Examine our integrity
Identifying our values challenges us to examine our integrity. :- Doug.