Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

Larger sense of a life

Posted on September 28, 2018 by dgermann

Reminiscing makes larger sense of a life. :- Doug.

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Wounds healing you?

Posted on September 15, 2018 by dgermann

Elder, what are the wounds, those that have healed, those that are still healing…your life? What are the profoundest injuries that now are part of your essence? What depths do they help you bring to the world? :- Doug.

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To wish not to be a burden

Posted on September 14, 2018 by dgermann

To wish to not be a burden on your children is at root selfish. For will you be abandoned if you are too much burden? Yet your son’s soul goes out to you and your daughter needs to mother you. … Continue reading →

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Improve lives–and deaths

Posted on September 8, 2018 by dgermann

We elder caring lawyers have an attitude beyond being purveyors of legal documents—we want to improve lives—and deaths. Let’s see how to apply that to lowly POAs. :- Doug.

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First ask ourselves

Posted on September 8, 2018 by dgermann

If we are to ask these meaning questions of and for our clients, we owe it to them to first ask them of ourselves. :- Doug.

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A special question seat

Posted on September 8, 2018 by dgermann

Being a lawyer means much more than having a license and a shingle. We have learned to observe and see what matters and compare it to what has mattered through the ages. In working with—and caring for—elders we get a … Continue reading →

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Tell me a story, grandchild

Posted on September 7, 2018 by dgermann

Tell me a story, grandchild elder. :- Doug.

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All my life

Posted on August 30, 2018 by dgermann

All my life I’ve been looking for you elders. :- Doug.

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When we are young

Posted on August 28, 2018 by dgermann

When we are young the great act is play When we are adult it is woman-man entwining When we are elder the great act is a converse that is play infinite play :- Doug.

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Out of doors

Posted on July 30, 2018 by dgermann

Do some little thing out of doors every day. :- Doug.

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What do you wish?

Posted on June 28, 2018 by dgermann

What do you wish For the Grandchildren? :- Doug.

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Einstein’s circle of compassion

Posted on June 28, 2018 by dgermann

Albert Einstein’s famous quote about optical delusions, ends with him saying “This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free … Continue reading →

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5 minutes after your death

Posted on June 25, 2018 by dgermann

Imagine you observing the people closest to you, 5 minutes after your death; 5 weeks. Observe now the animals nearby, pets, wild animals, birds, insects at those same 5 minutes and 5 weeks. Now observe these same people and animals … Continue reading →

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