Monthly Archives: November 2015

The last control

The last control is of our own framing of our lives. :- Doug.

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Peace with

Do we want peace with our life? :- Doug.

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To see a bigger picture

To see a bigger picture, sometimes you have to draw away. :- Doug.

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Old soul?

What is an old soul? What does yours look like? :- Doug.

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flush

In our later years, our lives flush before our eyes. :- Doug.

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Ponder

What are good questions we can ask ourselves so we ponder our lives? :- Doug.

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Thinking slow thoughts

Thinking slow thoughts can be worthwhile. :- Doug.

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satisfactory, satisfying death?

What would be a satisfactory, satisfying death? Since the past can be changed by finding a different context what picture could use reframing? :- Doug.

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Conflict: control and give forward

Maybe the conflict is between the need to control and the need to give forward. The resolution might be in choosing when and what to give. We are too quick to move to resolution: let us stay in this tension … Continue reading

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Paddling a canoe

When paddling a canoe, a steady straight stroke is key for power and speed. A J stroke—changing paddle’s direction and even going backwards—is often more important: for steering, slowing, stopping, maybe a chance to pause and assess before shooting the … Continue reading

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Of one weave with our life’s cloth

Of one weave with our life’s cloth can we make our dying? pass to family, community, and world the worth of our life? :- Doug.

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Voices

Voices of Worth :- Doug.

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Our elders deserve our respect

Our elders deserve our respect. Notice that when we age we deal with Loss and Worth, and these tightly bound in tuggle and huggle with one another. :- Doug.

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Were you worth?

Were you worth your life? :- Doug.

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Trust forms from the Internet seem simple

Trust forms from the Internet seem like just words on paper; moving them around seems like a thing anybody can do. They are as dangerous financially as it would be to download a set of instructions for do it yourself … Continue reading

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Why do I like/not like trusts?

Trust documents are labyrinthine: hard to understand. Wills say give this. In a trust, the house takes two deeds; in probate only one, and sometimes none. In a trust, it takes opening two bank accounts; in probate often two, but … Continue reading

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Trusts are complex for complex situations

Trusts are complex for complex situations; Wills are the simple means for normal settings. :- Doug.

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