Monthly Archives: November 2013

Trusts and tuxes

Saying everyone needs a trust is like saying every man needs to own a tuxedo. They are great for special settings but not an everyday necessity. :- Doug.

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Make room for life

Make room for life. :- Doug.

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If death is ceasing to stand out….

If death is ceasing to exist, ceasing to stand out—and surely we see this when we think of our ancestors whom we never saw, with whom we never conversed: when they died they ceased to stand out to us and … Continue reading

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I ought to share them

I see some things—I ought to share them. :- Doug.

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Yes, we’re going to die

Yes, we’re going to die but taking responsibility we can live through that too :- Doug.

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To a dying client and her daughter

To a dying client and her daughter— What are you savoring of your presence to each other, your together-events? :- Doug.

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A birthday this week

I had a birthday this week. Maybe that’s a joy, maybe a little sadness, or maybe that is an interweaving of life with them. :- Doug.

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Does time with your family…?

Does time with your family take possibility or find it? Take life or create it? :- Doug.

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Reflecting one another

Less do we affect one another than reflect one another. :- Doug.

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Flutter, flutter leaves!

Flutter, flutter leaves! Ready to fly from your tree! Will you carry me? :- Doug.

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How doctors die

Friends– Here is a New York Times article that you will want to read. Check out some of its links, too! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/your-money/how-doctors-die.html?src=me&_r=0 :- Doug.

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It’s justice for life

It’s justice I’m after a word spoken of lawyers whispered by lawyers only in their dreams shouted by the souls of us —all of us— approaching death It’s justice for life and the living of it :- Doug.

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Can you afford to live to a ripe old age?

Can you afford to live to a ripe old age? :- Doug.

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What do your relations need from you?

Imagine your seventh last day: What do your relations need from you? :- Doug.

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Living later years and dying as sacred processes

How do we make living our later years and dying both sacred processes? :- Doug.

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Compassion when?

When do we need to first consider compassion for those approaching death? Do we stop too soon? :- Doug.

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Where compassion?

Where are our community’s nutrient places where compassion can first take root? Where in yourself are your senses of injustice, ethics, conscience and rage? Where in yourself can you find the strength and resolve to stand up for, to speak … Continue reading

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