The document discusses how people often perpetuate problems through their actions, even when trying to help or solve issues. It notes that dandelions and starfish can both help and harm depending on the situation. The key messages are that people have the power to choose their actions every day and should realize they are perpetuating systems, rather than solving problems, if they cannot imagine the work becoming irrelevant someday.

3. good dandelion. bad dandelion.
dandelions spread fast.
keeping us not only bound to the very (bad) thing we
were choosing not to do, but mindless that we’re the
ones perpetuating it.

4. good dandelion. bad dandelion.
good starfish. bad starfish.
cut off a starfish arm and it grows a new one.
this is great news.. unless that starfish is seeking
to do harm.

5. good dandelion. bad dandelion.
good starfish. bad starfish.
we get to choose.

6. good dandelion. bad dandelion.
good starfish. bad starfish.
we get to choose.
everyday.

7. perhaps we need to realize..

8. we arechoosing.

10. imagining the many people who are currently:
inspectors of inspectors
and/or
obligers of inspectors
and/or
angry/docile from all the inspecting/obliging
and/or
dangerous/depressed from all the anger/docility
and/or
.
.
.

11. perhaps we need to realize.. we are choosing.
everyday.
and stop that (perpetuating not-us ness).

12. and start this.
do overs ad infinitum

15. sinclair perpetuation law:
voice deep w/in each soul:

16. so much wondering …
about how many (well-intentioned, good-
hearted, in service of others) people aren’t
imagining a day when what they do.. becomes
irrelevant. and so by that..
they/we perpetuate..
the disease (or whatever) that our life’s
mission is all about curing.
ie: in love w the job.. the feeling of helping.. so
much that you can’t see a time when you no
longer have that job/helping role.

18. let’s
us.