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Life Recognizes Life

My friend Lawrence and I are in some doozie conversations these days. Every couple of weeks. Scheming. Dwelling. Getting excited. Tenderizing. And, and.

Toward more friendship. Toward maybe, just maybe, a learning journey in 2026 that would invite others to join in the fun. And toward this phrase above — Life recognizes Life. What if that were the journey — to hone that? To surrender to that. To move. To be moved. To adopt a more life-giving story of humans being human.

Rather large, yes. Yet simplified to the every day.

I, and we, are being reminded of a few things.

  • that life recognizes life; clarity seeks clarity; depth sings for depth
  • a “nutrient bath” is available; through humans settling on the most basic of intents together, opened
  • containers matter; the container can be clear; what’s in it can me great variety
  • Circle is key for humans; gives us access to stories, questions, wonders, wanders, the invisible
  • exploring in organized ways matters (field trips); it matters in self-organized ways too (thx Open Space)
  • “get to the heart of it and then move the heart of it” — well, there’s an animating invitation
  • “get to brevity that doesn’t sacrifice depth”

And, and.

Thx Lawrence. It’s good to be in this kind of stewing together. This kind of life recognizing life.

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