Monthly Archives: July 2013

Sand our fingertips

Posted on July 13, 2013 by dgermann

The way we make this the best place to die is to sand our fingertips: to develop our sensitivity to people and their way of dying. Our compassion. We put ourselves in their shoes—won’t we get there someday, too? How … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to have not wisdom?

Posted on July 12, 2013 by dgermann

To my friends in the wisdom class: At 66 years of age What does it mean to not have wisdom? To have not depth? At what age does it arrive? Can anyone teach me How to find it? :- Doug.

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News: renewing our resolve for respecting patient’s wishes

Posted on July 11, 2013 by dgermann

Friends– Here is a Senate hearing on “Renewing the Conversation: Respecting patients’ Wishes and Advance Care Planning” from June 26, 2013. Worth a look. http://www.aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=344148& :- Doug.

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an occasion worth celebrating

Posted on July 11, 2013 by dgermann

This is an occasion worth celebrating this drinking water over breakfast together :- Doug.

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Writing Wills, gathering wills

Posted on July 10, 2013 by dgermann

I write Wills and gather wills. :- Doug.

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to face the word “death”

Posted on July 9, 2013 by dgermann

It may be courage that we need: to face the word “death,” to look upon a real person dying, to confront our own. :- Doug.

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After paper is shreds & pen is broken

Posted on July 8, 2013 by dgermann

After years of writing —contracts, letters, Wills, poems— I find I have been forming myself working on what remains after paper is shreds & pen is broken :- Doug.

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Ir is the name of the window

Posted on July 7, 2013 by dgermann

Ir is the name of the window Through which I the poet enter— Irrelevance Irreverence Sometimes its meaning skips the Ir :- Doug.

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To squeeze out a single drop

Posted on July 6, 2013 by dgermann

To squeeze out a single drop of your life’s essence is your highest gift to the world :- Doug.

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Blackberry bushes

Posted on July 5, 2013 by dgermann

Blackberry bushes Prickly briers bearing sweet This conversation :- Doug.

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The resources we already have

Posted on July 4, 2013 by dgermann

Family, relations, community, needs—let us pull together the resources we already have. :- Doug.

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How do we wish to be cared for with a chronic disease?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by dgermann

How do we wish to be cared for as we live with a chronic disease—or several—that few are equipped to deal with? :- Doug.

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All is working as it should

Posted on July 2, 2013 by dgermann

All is working as it should. :- Doug.

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Approach with happiness

Posted on July 1, 2013 by dgermann

Approach with happiness. :- Doug.

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