Monthly Archives: January 2016
Deal with loss?
How do humans deal with loss? We go on to something else. :- Doug.
Equanimity
Can you find a way to face with equanimity the losses of advancing age: companions, physical function, mental function? :- Doug.
unfamiliar new wrinkles!
Every day unfamiliar new wrinkles! You have to do something new If your life is to count more :- Doug.
enough
Hear. That’s enough. :- Doug.
Visions!
Visions! Most have them We all wander among them We should… Why don’t they… Insights, glimpses, wonderings Panoramic sightings How dare you withhold your Visions from our grandchildren Who could live off one For a thousand generations? Shout them, whisper … Continue reading
aging possibility
I’m in the aging possibility work. :- Doug.
no poor house
People who need the nursing home do not need to go to the poor house. :- Doug.
counsel with people facing
I counsel with people facing long-term care and end of life. :-Doug.
These culminating years
In these culminating years we get to come back round and see big chunks of our lives for the first time larger. :- Doug.
Make every encounter matter
Make every encounter matter. :- Doug.
Always busy the skies
Always busy the skies Clouded now blue Unmoved ever new Thundering now pouring Seldom calling attention Moving ever moving Their ways silent silent :- Doug.
I befriend people
A very light nearly imperceptible shimmering of the pond’s surface: a breath moves it silences me :- Doug.
work is not done till
The work is not done Till we make it fun :- Doug.