Category Archives: Caring
Deeper if I let them
People will go deeper if I let them, if for instance I do not step on their lines. :- Doug.
the further we advance
The further we advance into persons the more activity (conversation) among them we discover. The closer we look the more restless and dynamic the picture. People cannot be separated from their correlations. The more we confine them (such as in … Continue reading
complex tissues of relationships
(Old) people are not so much individuals as complex tissues of relationships reaching outward to other relationships, overlapping, combining, weaving. :- Doug.
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Years not of decline but of growth
These are years not of decline but of growth. Growth can be in reflection, spirit, work on memories, with hands, observation, and a panorama of things. :- Doug.
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Be clear of one thing:
Be clear of one thing: open to one another. This is love. :- Doug.
I must remember I don’t know what I don’t know
I must remember I don’t know what I don’t know. :- Doug.
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When words depart
When words depart and stay away we will converse —then—in acts of love :- Doug.
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No, I’m not having fun
No, I’m not having fun in my work I’m having love an exchange with one another of words, wonder, and engagement :- Doug.
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quintessential loving
Conversing is quintessential loving. :- Doug.
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The mystical things I do
The mystical things I do Are those of Kindness, caring, and loving :- Doug.
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Found moments
Kairos: Found moments :- Doug.
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No time at all
Kairos is no time, no time at all. You might say it is glow time, flow time, grow time, whoa time, bestow time. The apropos and ripe time to really know someone: know time. :- Doug.
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“Simply love them, love them, love them”
“Simply love them, love them, love them”—from Camelot. This applies to elders and the old old as well. :- Doug.
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Not going on?
What in the name of conversing is not going on here? :- Doug.
Moment to be kind
Kairos: an opportune moment to be kind. :- Doug.
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