Category Archives: Dreams

When I water my garden

Posted on July 31, 2013 by dgermann

When I water my garden, I am moving water around: from too deep for the plants to benefit, to the top where it percolates through their roots and back again. Flowing and returning like love. :- Doug.

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A couple faces Alzheimer’s: enjoying

Posted on June 30, 2013 by dgermann

I was thinking of a particular couple and one has Alzheimer’s. They probably sometimes think their future is bleak. Then this came to me: Don’t enjoy the future: enjoy the present. :- Doug.

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While you’re yet living….

Posted on June 6, 2013 by dgermann

While you’re yet living…. :- Doug.

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“There will be time later”

Posted on December 29, 2012 by dgermann

“There will be time later” we thoughtlessly believe to live our out higher intentions to love, to dream, to act & then the car spins on an icy patch :- Doug.

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Uncertainty

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dgermann

Uncertainty is all we have :- Doug.

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The velocity of our lives

Posted on November 6, 2012 by dgermann

We can know velocity of our lives and our financial position and our direction, but at most two at a given time: the third will be undefinable. :- Doug.

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Right living in your last days?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by dgermann

What is right living in your last days? :- Doug.

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What is more important than that?

Posted on August 18, 2012 by dgermann

In family, in community, we can help each other live well. What is more important than that? :- Doug.

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If we can’t laugh

Posted on August 16, 2012 by dgermann

If we can’t laugh, what sanity is there? :- Doug.

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Your last 30 years

Posted on August 15, 2012 by dgermann

Your last 30 years What good will you? :- Doug.

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Replanted in a nursing home

Posted on July 14, 2012 by dgermann

When Mom is pulled up by the roots Replanted in a nursing home We are ripped apart There is a hole in the garden Or we can see the garden wider Extending to the nursing home Fertilized by love What … Continue reading →

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Invite conversations of life and.

Posted on June 27, 2012 by dgermann

I invite conversations of life and. :- Doug.

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Vending machine picture of law

Posted on May 14, 2012 by dgermann

Many times we have a vending machine picture of law: put in a coin, out comes a certain result, predictably. Time by time we find we are in a flowing stream with 10,000 variables floating past, each can touch us, … Continue reading →

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Have you ever met anyone…?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by dgermann

Have you ever met anyone else whose work is elder conversations? These conversations run the range from how to live well within the budget and family we have, to how to live the last chapter of our lives. They often … Continue reading →

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We are ever given the ability to renew our futures.

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dgermann

We are ever given the ability to renew our futures. :- Doug.

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Even in our last days

Posted on April 6, 2012 by dgermann

There are many parts to the human. Let’s take for instance head, hand and heart. All tire at different rates. The longer our view, the more that is possible to us. The more we see, the more we see. Our … Continue reading →

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The art of the continually unfolding possible

Posted on April 5, 2012 by dgermann

In a law suit our lawyer said, “It’s only about the money.” But now as I consider, life is about What’s possible now? Law is the art of the possible. The art of the continually unfolding possible. :- Doug.

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