Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

Loss is strength

Posted on March 29, 2018 by dgermann

Make loss of words my strength. :- Doug.

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Generativity means?

Posted on March 28, 2018 by dgermann

What does generativity mean to you? For whom? :- Doug.

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Progressing?

Posted on March 27, 2018 by dgermann

How are you changing, progressing? :- Doug.

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After I left our meeting, I had a call for an emergency appointment. The person arrived a few minutes after I got back to my office. Her husband of 40+ years was in the hospital, unconscious. The doctors said he … Continue reading →

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Not wrong

Posted on March 25, 2018 by dgermann

People who are dying are not wrong. :- Doug.

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Best time!

Posted on March 20, 2018 by dgermann

This is the best time of life! :- Doug.

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am because we are

Posted on March 19, 2018 by dgermann

I am because we are. :- Doug.

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Facets of dying

Posted on March 17, 2018 by dgermann

One thing that affects me about dying is that it is one of the profound times of life. One facet of the profundity is the connection with others. Another is its connection with something larger, ineffable. What other facets do … Continue reading →

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Decrepitude

Posted on February 28, 2018 by dgermann

There follows decrepitude. Not all experience it. Some perhaps even seek it after other parts of their lives. It might be short, or it might last years. Might it include some spiritual dimensions? :- Doug.

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“Laden with happiness and tears

Posted on February 26, 2018 by dgermann

“Laden with happiness and tears.” Are tears more profound, more together-bringing than happiness? Or just a form of happiness? Either can carry us along the generational stream. :- Doug.

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Woodpecker is tapping

Posted on February 21, 2018 by dgermann

This chill winter day a little woodpecker is climbing the little maple tree, tapping at it. A cardinal flies off quickly to another tree. You live here all year, this is home. The robins and others migrate away in colder … Continue reading →

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Completely broken

Posted on February 14, 2018 by dgermann

Just be real. Perfection? Does not exist. Complete: broken and missing parts. These make you whole. These make us whole. Just be real. :- Doug.

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Re-scoring our games

Posted on February 13, 2018 by dgermann

Grands can start re-scoring our games. Rate the beauty of the arc of the pass. Praise the extension of the player in that catch. How well did this player help other players perform to their best—whichever team they are on? … Continue reading →

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Blessing the pillow

Posted on February 9, 2018 by dgermann

May your pillow be cool and your family warm :- Doug.

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Death happiness?

Posted on February 6, 2018 by dgermann

Can our death be blessing—happiness? I glimpsed that death for most of us can be a blessing, in the sense of a happy making experience. A time of completion, of whole-making. :- Doug.

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Snizzles

Posted on January 29, 2018 by dgermann

Last night I had nose sniffles and drizzles: snizzles. :- Doug.

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Below the rapids

Posted on January 23, 2018 by dgermann

Below the rapids the river grows placid and swift—we relax, breathe :- Doug.

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