Monthly Archives: July 2016
How is this news?
We’re getting older. How is this news we can use? :- Doug.
We are entering a profound age
We are entering a profound age. :- Doug.
By this age
By this age we’re all walking wounded. We get to be real. :- Doug.
To do profound things
The move into elder caring has afforded me opportunities to do profound things: for instance, be present to life and death questions. Also to be my real self: I can be caring and pause to let others sink in. :- … Continue reading
Fearlessly finding our wisdom
Elders are about fearlessly finding our wisdom, eliciting others’, putting it to use. :- Doug.
Let three breaths settle
Can we let three breaths settle in us before we respond to another? Otherwise this is going too fast for us. :- Doug.
Can we yet?
Can we yet do the bigger than life thing? :- Doug.
Welcoming the badge “elder”
For several months as I am approaching my 70th birthday I find that I am welcoming the badge “elder.” I am choosing to ask for help or to hire work done—lawn mowing for instance—though I still am able. I choose. … Continue reading
Is my heart at war?
Is my heart at war? A longer view could release The butterfly’s wings :- Doug.
A quiet little
We have a quiet little law practice in elder caring: we provide powers of assistance, get court permission for you to act for your loved one, and find you help to pay for home and nursing care. :- Doug.
Brain choices:
Brain choices: A few hints that our brain is not functioning as before, and we worry these are signs of our impending dementia; each example gets us buying the notion we are slipping; we become depressed and don’t tell anyone; … Continue reading