The doctor is in
The Doctor Is In
Stop doing anything and just pay attention to this: how important it is to be alive and to pay attention to being alive. Nobody is qualified for it. Even though I have been congratulating myself on how well I’ve been embracing the process, I am a stranger learning to worship the strangers around me. To love our gradual, but seismic changes. Perhaps this is the service I provide? Only a saint could do it all the time, I think.
This florilegium (a literary “gathering of flowers”) is the cover for my January 26 newsletter, “The Doctor Is In.” Here’s who said what, before I arranged the bouquet:
The Doctor Is In: Lucy van Pelt (Charles Schultz)
Stop doing anything and just pay attention to this: Frederick Beuchner
how important it is to be alive and to pay attention to being alive: Frederick Beuchner
Nobody is qualified for it: Kate Schapira
Even though I have been congratulating myself on how well I’ve been embracing the process: Jody Day
I am a stranger learning to worship the strangers around me: June Jordan
[to love our] gradual but seismic changes: Jody Day
Perhaps this is the service I provided: Lyn Slater
Only a saint could do it all the time, I think: Frederick Beuchner
For more on these teachers, read “The Doctor Is In.”
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