Monthly Archives: January 2015

You can’t know what you need to know

You can’t know what you need to know you’ll learn along the way or you’ll have to make it up :- Doug.

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get very very still and see what happens

Let’s get very very still and see what happens. In our family, our circle, our our. :- Doug.

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when we must cry

Let us teach each other how to live when we must cry :- Doug.

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a new dance step

The world is a mystery Just when you have it figured out It introduces a new dance step :- Doug.

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On a cloudy day

On a cloudy day It is good to remember Also through blue skies We cannot see the stars Though they are there :- Doug.

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Only to hug

Only grab on to others to hug. :- Doug.

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the only ones

We are the only ones who can make this family function :- Doug.

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Can this generation leave

Can this generation leave this world and all critters better than when we arrived? :- Doug.

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these are foundational to our family flourishing

Let’s attend the quality of our being and of our inter-relating. These are foundational to our family flourishing. :- Doug.

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as we are

We see our family and the nursing home not as it is but as we are. :- Doug.

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more effective in our family?

How can we become more effective in our family inter-relating on behalf of our elders—and our family as a whole? :- Doug.

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a thousand of ’em

You have a thousand third choices. :- Doug.

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third choices are all about

The third choices are all about living while you live. :- Doug.

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Law’s essence

Law’s essence is the relationships among us. :- Doug.

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begin to find wisdom

We begin to find wisdom when we reflect & converse :- Doug.

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Bigger is not always better I learned

Bigger is not always better, I learned from a kidney stone. :- Doug.

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A third choice

Most people think that their only choices when facing a “nothing more we can do” declaration are 1. do everything; 2. Give up. A third choice is to make each day good, as good as we can. :- Doug.

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