Monthly Archives: March 2016

complex tissues of relationships

Posted on March 20, 2016 by dgermann

(Old) people are not so much individuals as complex tissues of relationships reaching outward to other relationships, overlapping, combining, weaving. :- Doug.

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Who’s there, who’s not?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by dgermann

When you’re dying: Who’s there, who’s not? Where are you, where are you not? What are you doing and not doing? What smells are around and not? Who is helping whom? Who died the way you want to die? :- … Continue reading →

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What do you want yours to be about?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by dgermann

What have you seen in others: what is life about in young-old and old-old years? What do you want yours to be about? :- Doug.

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What do you find yourself thinking about these days?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by dgermann

What do you find yourself thinking about these days? :- Doug.

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Grandchildren to befriend

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dgermann

I still have work to do, living and teaching, reaching and loving. I have grandchildren to befriend, a village to raise. :- Doug.

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Years not of decline but of growth

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dgermann

These are years not of decline but of growth. Growth can be in reflection, spirit, work on memories, with hands, observation, and a panorama of things. :- Doug.

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Be clear of one thing:

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dgermann

Be clear of one thing: open to one another. This is love. :- Doug.

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I must remember I don’t know what I don’t know

Posted on March 17, 2016 by dgermann

I must remember I don’t know what I don’t know. :- Doug.

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Swirl gently within our day

Posted on March 17, 2016 by dgermann

Swirl gently within our day, walk softly upon our earth. :- Doug.

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It takes a longer preparation

Posted on March 17, 2016 by dgermann

It takes a longer preparation as teens to pull away from parents than it did to gestate than to differentiate yourself from kitty dog book glass to define yourself by family tribe school It takes a longer preparation to seek … Continue reading →

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When words depart

Posted on March 16, 2016 by dgermann

When words depart and stay away we will converse —then—in acts of love :- Doug.

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No, I’m not having fun

Posted on March 16, 2016 by dgermann

No, I’m not having fun in my work I’m having love an exchange with one another of words, wonder, and engagement :- Doug.

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When I listen to you

Posted on March 16, 2016 by dgermann

When I listen to You, it is all about me When I hear, it’s you :- Doug.

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Every last breath?

Posted on March 15, 2016 by dgermann

What’s important? Getting every last breath you can? Sharing every last hug you can? :- Doug.

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Gentle, life-generating

Posted on March 15, 2016 by dgermann

It is important to find essence, the part of life that is gentle, life-generating. So much of what we chase—money, clothing, houses, cars, respect, fame—melt away in the face of loving-kindness, comfort, and death. What is in these is essence … Continue reading →

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quintessential loving

Posted on March 15, 2016 by dgermann

Conversing is quintessential loving. :- Doug.

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The mystical things I do

Posted on March 14, 2016 by dgermann

The mystical things I do Are those of Kindness, caring, and loving :- Doug.

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