Monthly Archives: November 2012

& I took the path…

& I, I took the path, thought I, less traveled by as if that made all the difference but difference I learned is not the truth, does not exist what exists is our connection to the whole each of us … Continue reading

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To make us disappear

To make us disappear To live toward our death This is what we are about Every day & month & year Not fearing but courting When we seek to be part To fit in, to have faith & esprit de … Continue reading

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Why complicate your life?

Trusts: why complicate your life if you don’t have to? Simple can be elegant and your best fit. :- Doug.

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Unhappily

No one wants to die unhappily. And yet, sometimes we force this on each other. :- Doug.

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Gathering, stitching

Gathering Stitching Rags & tags Into a whole Not so crazy quilt An opus Of our eldering :- Doug.

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Cuddly lawyer

I’m a lawyer of the soft, cuddly, tender, gentle, kindly, mild, openhearted, large hearted, easy variety. :- Doug.

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How do we want to be present…?

How do we want to be present when we die? :- Doug.

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Have you witnessed…?

Have you witnessed someone dying? How has that influenced your picture of how you want to die? :- Doug.

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More folded?

How can we be more folded into one another’s lives? :- Doug.

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In dying why focus on family?

When someone is dying, why focus on the family? The heart of all of them is dying. :- Doug.

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choose to not ever be elderly

Each can choose to not ever be elderly; better, each can choose to be an Elder of the Tribe. :- Doug.

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Helping families coalesce

We are helping families coalesce. :- Doug.

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Provoking caring conversations?

How shall we provoke and disturb people into caring conversations? Collect stories of how people were made to die in suffering. :- Doug.

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My job is to shake up

My job is to shake up a bit those folks under my care to get them to do good for their family, their community, and themselves. :- Doug.

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We cannot plan for the future

We cannot plan for the future —Unknowable as it is— We can notice its aroma Scan into the morning mist Dress for the weather :- Doug.

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Stand in for theirs

Contribute also your curiosity and courage—your wings and heart to stand in for theirs when necessary. :- Doug.

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The gift of one another

Open hand The gift of one another Open heart The gift of one another Lean into our circle As human as you can Offer and accept our highest The gift of one another :- Doug.

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