Monthly Archives: September 2012

True family:

True family is I-Thou. :- Doug.

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Life fulfilling conversation

The threshold of holy space is Life fulfilling conversation Here, between, The holy space Is In this family, is Here Every here Yet evanescent :- Doug.

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Video: Tom Brokaw and friend on end of life

Friends– Here is a Tedx video featuring Tom Brokaw. I think you will enjoy it. http://tedx.stanford.edu/speakers/dr-jennifer-brokaw/

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Why it is difficult to converse with loved ones:

Since we must free the Thou for us to enter connection with Thou It is difficult for us to converse with loved ones Yet to live this paradox is to live We must free these very ones from our control … Continue reading

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Death is like “E.R.”

Death can be likened to “E.R.” How can there be an E.R. after George Clooney leaves? And yet he said his later lines and was gone…and the show went on. :- Doug.

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Immortality, family style

This is immortality, family style: To start a relation that can never end. When we meet grandchild or grandparent and see into and with their being, when we see the future and the past as one thread—our thread, when we … Continue reading

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One person cars

We have withdrawn into our one person cars. We won’t give up our cell phones for a meal with our mates or children. Our most imperative deepest felt inborn need is to meet and be part of one another on … Continue reading

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Starting the end of life conversation

It’s easier for a lawyer to start the end of life conversation because we start it earlier, when it is less immediate, and less complicated with urgent and intense medical and emotional issues. We can prepare people. :- Doug.

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