Monthly Archives: June 2011

What is the work of concluding a loved one’s life?

What is the work of concluding a loved one’s life? Crying, burying, finding, sorting, throwing away, rearranging, finding meaning, crying some more, celebrating, forgiving, deciding not to forgive, distributing, assimilating, learning, going on. :- Doug.

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Making a Will is a sacrifice

Making a Will is a sacrifice—for surely some day you will yield all. But whether you give your best to your best-loved ones is a choice. Many give only stuff. You, give the stuffing. :- Doug.

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Not every one can write the Good Will

Not every one can write the Good Will. There is much homework—one must study each person and one’s self and one’s possible gifts. One must sit with the work until it writes you. More, until you let your people write … Continue reading

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Invading the really real

I am invading the really real. Law and medicine are each critical things when things get critical, yet they are side matters to every day life, and more importantly, they are side matters to living life in the really real. … Continue reading

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In creating your Will, ask

In creating your Will it may help you to ask “Who is this person? Where is their soul? From where are they coming and to where going? How can I help?” :- Doug.

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For this child?

What do you want for this child? :- Doug.

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I help people do the work of aging

I help people do the work of aging. :- Doug.

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What is the work of aging?

What is the work of aging? Perhaps it is harvesting our wisdom, finding meaningful ways to pass it on, fulfilling our lives by emptying out to others all our good. What is the work of aging, and what can it … Continue reading

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Finding wholes in people

I want very much to find wholes in people, to help them find their wholenesses, to do their work of aging. :- Doug.

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Aging is work. Together

Aging is work. Together. :- Doug.

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stopped selling Wills

I have stopped selling Wills—it is conversing around them that is most telling—& that’s where I concentrate. Wills then flow from conversations. :- Doug.

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lawyer as healer

A lawyer can be a technician A lawyer can be a healer If I must choose, I choose whole-tracking :- Doug.

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wisdom love & conversation

I am working to bring wisdom, love & conversation to law —which is the practice of healing community— emphasis not on what is dis-eased but on what can be better now :- Doug.

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Healer of community

A lawyer is a healer of community. :- Doug.

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What dad leave is family work

Settlement of what Dad leaves is a family work. :- Doug.

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Is it right for a lawyer to ask…?

Is it right for a lawyer to ask questions about death and medical wishes? There is no one else out there inviting us to these conversations. :- Doug.

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Caregivers’ and Seniors’ Financial Realities

Check out this study from Volunteers of America: Boomer Bust :- Doug.

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