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Monthly Archives: August 2011
carries a sacred function:
Conversation carries a sacred function. It bears a generative force, for what we can speak can be; what we hear can be. Conversation is holy work because it is about hearing hope out into the open where it can go to work. It is about hearing our own voices and those of others. Story, hope, hearing, supporting, participating, creating: this is conversation’s progression. These, done consciously, are holy, yes?
:- Doug.
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Conversation carries a sacred function. It bears a generative force, for what we can speak can be; what we hear can be. Conversation is holy work because it is about hearing hope out into the open where it can go to work. It is about hearing our own voices and those of others. Story, hope, hearing, supporting, participating, creating: this is conversation’s progression. These, done consciously, are holy, yes?
Posted in Eldering, Family
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She gave up
She gave up
a career to care for her
mother, declining
but all she gave away
was ambition
to get the giving
:- Doug.
Posted in Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Inheriting responsibility
We are heirs
We inherit all the gifts
All the responsibility
:- Doug.
Posted in Wills
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Wills are about this:
Wills are about this: how much
life
can your last words give?
:- Doug.
Posted in Healing and Wholeness, Wills
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20 Common Nursing Home Problems
The National Senior Citizens Law Center has just republished its eye-opening guide. A single free copy can be downloaded here: http://www.nsclc.org/publications/manuals/manual.2006-06-08.3692004924
For instance, did you know:
–A relative does not have to sign as responsible for the elder’s nursing home bills?
–Relatives can visit any time of day or night?
–A resident can choose when to wake up and when to go to bed?
This is handy reading….
:- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Caring
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What good could 20 ordinary folks do…?
What good could 20 ordinary folks do together that one keep-it-for-my-own person won’t?
:- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Two gardens
Two gardens we are given to tend
The one within our fence
The one without, embracing it
:- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Way to start a grandparent’s tale:
Way to start a grandparent’s tale: In a land of surprise this is what happened tomorrow.
:- Doug.
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The summer’s come on so suddenly
The summer’s come on so suddenly
& now is nearly gone
the seasons come round so quickly
they leave my head spinning
The older I get the faster spins
the reel of remaining tape
Yet if we look
we may catch glimpse
of what & how divinity sees
how many things fit together
& where & who & why
This is a gift of elderhood
this time-space from which to see
a larger view
:- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Poetry
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Dragonflies
The sun
and the wind
& the dragonflies
are one
and sitting among
all these
you and I
with them
are one
hawk wheeling above
dew glittering
cars with
pavement singing
are one
tree frogs
not heard
but deafening
remind us all
are one
storm & thunder
greening gardens
destruction & babies
even politicians
are one
sweat and
all breath and
one last breath
are one
:- Doug.
Posted in Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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