Monthly Archives: January 2016

Deal with loss?

How do humans deal with loss? We go on to something else. :- Doug.

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Equanimity

Can you find a way to face with equanimity the losses of advancing age: companions, physical function, mental function? :- Doug.

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unfamiliar new wrinkles!

Every day unfamiliar new wrinkles! You have to do something new If your life is to count more :- Doug.

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enough

Hear. That’s enough. :- Doug.

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The line is crossed

We need a larger view of death and dying and particularly of life. Life includes what we call death. There is birth, there is death and there are the spaces in between. It is all of one fabric. Death can … Continue reading

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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

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Hear you

Our job is to hear you. :- Doug.

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crinkle in the eye

My dream is to invite you out to play All of you and all of me Especially the parts with crinkle in the eye Questions alive! That might take us to new :- Doug.

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aging possibility

I’m in the aging possibility work. :- Doug.

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no poor house

People who need the nursing home do not need to go to the poor house. :- Doug.

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counsel with people facing

I counsel with people facing long-term care and end of life. :-Doug.

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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.

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Make every encounter matter

Make every encounter matter. :- Doug.

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Keep it

It is a pleasant day. Keep to that way. :- Doug.

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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.

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I befriend people

A very light nearly imperceptible shimmering of the pond’s surface: a breath moves it silences me :- Doug.

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work is not done till

The work is not done Till we make it fun :- Doug.

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