Monthly Archives: April 2016
Conversations within conversations
Living beings are conversations within conversations—autonomous but requiring each other. Bacteria within bodies, cells within bacteria, persons within families, wind water sun earth within our planetary system. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Take a long look
Take a long look at something, anything worthy of a long look. :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering, Poetry
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Old are not merely young
Old are not merely young with more years. :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Professional Caregivers
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Hundreds of branches
Hundreds of branches Thousands of twigs Millions of leaves Still all one tree One thought They must be loosened To fly :- Doug.
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our confusion over bathing
What if our confusion over bathing were simply the fogginess and dislike we experience on being rudely awakened from a beautiful dream? :- Doug.
Carefamily?
Caregivers Caretakers Carefamily? :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Family, Professional Caregivers
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larger than ever we were
We begin as two cells—egg and sperm—and consciousness expands to our brand new toes and stomach and heart. Then one day we discover ourselves reversing course. Consciousness shrinks as legs and organs slow. Our spirits come back to the few … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Alzheimer's and other dementias, Eldering
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to ask of us
We’re still living—life has something to offer us and to ask of us. :- Doug.
Use of our minds?
Is short term memory and word retrieval the highest and best use of our minds? Are there places to go beyond words and what we had for breakfast—or even our confusion over bathing? :- Doug.
Using other neural pathways?
There may be deeper neural pathways available to us than those we normally (easily) use for activities like short term memory and word association. Could we train ourselves to use these other connections for our larger purposes? :- Doug.