Category Archives: Conversation
You have no right that
You have no right that someone agree with you You have an obligation Moreover to hear him or her :- Doug.
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Why are conversations so often about surface things?
Why are our conversations so often about surface things? Are we afraid of disclosing things that really matter? :- Doug.
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Blocks in conversation
Blocks in conversation will not be overcome by turning away. Seeing ourselves as listeners, then hearers, then explorers hold promise. :- Doug.
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When you’ve said it all
When you’ve said it all, it’s time to go. :- Doug.
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Stop before you have said
Stop before you have said :- Doug.
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mystery draws us
In conversation it is mystery not mastery that draws us together—shared spontaneity, creativity, synergy, tears, laughter—and ultimately intimate vulnerability. :- Doug.
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though it produces no effects
Converse though it produces no effects Conversing is love expended The only needed reason to engage :- Doug.
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A favorite song of your mother’s?
What is a favorite song of your mother? What does it mean to you? :- Doug.
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This conversation can make this family better
This conversation can make the world better. Our corner of the world. This family. Us. :- Doug.
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Dialogue negotiates transformation
Dialogue negotiates transformation. :- Doug.
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Interesting stuff happens
Open ears. Open mouth. Interesting stuff happens. :- Doug.
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What good happens?
What good happens when you speak with one another? :- Doug.
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inexorably to healing
Hearing leads inexorably to healing. :- Doug.
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Family conferences
In family conferences conclude by going around the table giving each person 60 seconds to say what our direction ought to be. :- Doug.
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