Monthly Archives: February 2012

means the most to you?

What are the things in your life that mean the most to you, things you’d like your loved ones to have, too? :- Doug. What are the things in your life that mean the most to you, things you’d like … Continue reading

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If not the stuff you owned?

What would you leave in your Will if it were not stuff you owned? What do you hold in trust? What do you hold in your mind or your heart? What do you want to give wings? If you could … Continue reading

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The inviting

The inviting lawyer Inviting family, friends Those who care Young with old Sister with brother Husband with wife Heart with head Finding our common ground Our common human humus Finding our common heart This kind of Inviting lawyer I work … Continue reading

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In the nursing home

In the nursing home, what is your life like, what do you find are the things that most engage you? What do you wonder about? About what do you find precious few people to talk with you? :- Doug.

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We mourn because

We mourn because we thought we’d have them forever with us, and now they are gone. And yet, we have them, just not in the flesh. We have them in imagination, in the marks of their spirits on ours. But … Continue reading

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A Will we write

A Will we write Together With our spouse With our grandchildren to the 7th generation With our tasks and causes Our blessings and curses Our dreams and nightmares Our ancestors Our humankindness Together, only together :- Doug.

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The poetry of your life

The poetry of your life— where does it reside? in sons and daughters wives and husbands places we’ve lived jobs we’ve given up work which grew us tasks we were called to perhaps against our wills scraps of life we … Continue reading

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Your heirs will sing

What would cause the lives of our heirs to sing? Let us think about our heirs, our children, our grandchildren: What kind of a sense of humor does she have? What are his interests? With what does her imagination soar? … Continue reading

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In Will: ask blessing

In our Will from whom dare we ask blessing to whom give our unfinished task what unfinished task would be our blessing? :- Doug.

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What worlds create?

With a Will What worlds Can we Create? What ideals Now populate? What hearts Evocate? :- Doug.

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families come together

Good happens when families come together :- Doug.

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Your Will is not for ever

Your Will is not for ever —Re-read every two years Your love is not said and done —Repeat often :- Doug.

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You’ve lived through 65 years

Listen! You’ve lived through 65 years. You’ve earned the right to be compassionate. :- Doug.

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Boomers: Your next 20 years

Boomers: Will your next 20 years count for something? How will you be of service? :- Doug.

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What is urgent about eldering?

Just what is urgent about eldering? That you only have a few good years left? Yes, that is part of it. That the world needs what you have, while you have the energy? Yes, that too. That the world is … Continue reading

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Sickness Doctors and Wellness Lawyers

We see our physicians as sickness doctors. What an absolute difficult thing it would be for us to turn that around and think of them as wellness doctors. Our whole society thinks this way, patients and doctors, insurance people and … Continue reading

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Our whole work is conversation.

Our whole work is conversation. Whole, as in rounded, full, complete, healing. Our, as in each person on this globe. Conversation, meaning turning with, a picture of dancing, and a picture of turning over a compost heap to keep it … Continue reading

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