Monthly Archives: February 2015
Patience too is action
Patience too is action Emptying goes beyond patient waiting Emptying too is action :- Doug.
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As I grow older
As I grow older some things are slowing others speeding :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Poetry
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Grandpa in a pile of kids
This Grandpa loves to get on the floor in a pile with kids and tickle, wrestle, hug. Unknown to any of us—certainly to me for many years—there is here a message. We are one. We are. There is joy here. … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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A commodity Will
You want a commodity Will: That is not the kind of Will I do, and no one does well for you who does that. Every Will is for a particular person. The Wills of Husbands and Wives always mean different … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Wills
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Own anything you want
Own anything you want in your Will you can! & then give it away to whomever you wish! Give the White House to your garbage collector the moon to President Lincoln to your children the entire saved-from-your-lifetime contents of your … Continue reading
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Listening or hearing?
Listening or hearing? Listening is something we do to another; hearing we do with them. Listening is concentrating on ourselves and our doing; hearing is letting others and their experiences soak into us. Listening is about us; hearing is about … Continue reading
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Sleeping on a question
Sleeping on a question gives you opportunity to lie down beside it close your mouth let the question do its work let it open your heart and ears so it can speak lowly slowly there floating you might brush Sleep … Continue reading
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Will us eyes
Will us eyes eyes you have loved ones with crinkles in the corner ones which pull on dimples ones with tears and ones which see into your deeps :- Doug.
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die, used up
To meet is to drop shields, expose our most vulnerable, tender, growing parts, and to risk mobilizing just these. We may indeed fall and die. We cannot be sure how far those immediately behind us get. But we know that … Continue reading
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In poetic law
In poetic law, we not only do but ponder: in gifts and donees we see meaning; beyond Dollars and numbers love. We look among the trees and find forests & paths & sunlit openings. In streams flowing we find future … Continue reading
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For centuries we have been looking to see smaller
For centuries we have been looking to see smaller. Think electron microscopes and atom splitters. Now I want to see larger. :- Doug.
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mystery is revealed
As we age mystery is revealed for ever mystery :- Doug.
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Breadcrumbs
How often we stop our thinking! Our train is interrupted by a fleeting observation, we start to reflect, maybe catch a glimpse of something profound, but we stop it to get back to the little task at hand. We could … Continue reading
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