Category Archives: Conversation

Talk a little, meet a lot

Talk a little, meet a lot Talk a little, meet a lot Meet meet meet :- Doug.

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Re-constellate

The lights do not so much die as re-constellate. We can see this more clearly as we consciously gather our years and our circles of conversation, which are related. :- Doug.

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Whole-giving

Let us converse—whole-giving. :- Doug.

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Life creating conversation

Finding your voice means having a life creating conversation with the world. :- Doug.

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Every time you extend

Every time you extend yourself You learn The world is hospitable You can change You can make things better by that much :- Doug.

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Unexchangeable

This one unexchangeable person offers me converse :- Doug.

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turns, spins, flows

Conversation turns and spins dialogue flows both to love & converse more :- Doug.

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Find the impossible unity

Find the impossible unity in unexpected fruitfulness :- Doug.

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A play retirement

A play retirement is less than meaningless to me—because perhaps I see the things at which people play as meaningless—golf, lolling on the beach, taking a cruise to islands for shopping and drinking. Yet for me, conversing, facilitating conversing, studying … Continue reading

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Hearing: Healing

Hearing: Healing :- Doug.

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Give them their voice

We can give one another their voice and our ears. It is a small thing. It is the biggest thing. We will. :- Doug.

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What’s better?

What’s different? What’s better? :- Doug.

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Ripening people

My looking ripens people My hearing especially They come toward me :- Doug.

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Be hear

Elder: be hear now. :- Doug.

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Elders meet

To elder is to meet. :- Doug.

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All we can do is meet

All we can do is meet. The best we can do is meet. :- Doug.

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bring a larger in

How well am I investing my life this hour? This hour of friendship spent in non-productive tasks—talking to others, helping my friend, not knowing if I am of help—I ask if this is the purpose of life, at least my … Continue reading

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