Monthly Archives: March 2017

A gift

Posted on March 19, 2017 by dgermann

The task of elders is to offer a gift. :- Doug.

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Fireworks you like?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by dgermann

What kind of fireworks do you like best? What might that tell you about what end of life you’d like to live? :- Doug.

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What does retirement mean?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by dgermann

What does the idea of retirement represent for you? Freedom? Travel? Play? Doing your real living? Doing your real reason for being here? Concentrating on grandchildren? On your mission? A second career? :- Doug.

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What’s important now?

Posted on March 18, 2017 by dgermann

What’s important at end of life? Living it! :- Doug.

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Edges of life

Posted on March 17, 2017 by dgermann

The 17 Caring Questions get at the edges of life. :- Doug.

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Cuts the fog?

Posted on March 17, 2017 by dgermann

The brain makes a fog That slows mind’s clarity Maybe Alzheimer’s cuts the fog? :- Doug.

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Beyond the brain’s fog

Posted on March 16, 2017 by dgermann

Losing our brains to Alzheimer’s Keeping our minds—what we do with our brains We explore spirit beyond the brain’s fog :- Doug.

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Too early

Posted on March 16, 2017 by dgermann

A man told me that at his age he and his friends talk about these end of life questions, but “It is too early to make any decisions.” Well, not really. Now is the time to figure out personally, What … Continue reading →

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We think we are not ready

Posted on March 15, 2017 by dgermann

End of life conversations are not difficult; they are just ones we think we are not ready to have.\ :- Doug.

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Good choices

Posted on March 15, 2017 by dgermann

End of life is not hard choices, but good ones: joy, meaning, love. :- Doug.

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Roles of elders?

Posted on March 14, 2017 by dgermann

What are the roles of elders? Mentor, encourage, grace, guardian, …. :- Doug.

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exploration human

Posted on March 14, 2017 by dgermann

This is an exploration together of what it can mean to be human. :- Doug.

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Care is from corporate

Posted on March 13, 2017 by dgermann

Care is from corporate Caring is from the heart :- Doug.

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Higher calling

Posted on March 13, 2017 by dgermann

There is a higher calling in being an elder than just being older. It is a threshold to be crossed or not: a value to be added to the world. :- Doug.

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Dying need not be a distressing time

Posted on March 12, 2017 by dgermann

Dying need not be a distressing time for it can be profound. :- Doug.

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And the elder began to see

Posted on March 12, 2017 by dgermann

And the elder began to see, the young elder dimly, the seasoned one more clearly, death: more precisely the freedom of death. To know we shall die frees us to stand in the face of anything. :- Doug.

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lay down the day

Posted on March 11, 2017 by dgermann

Evening: a now for the sun to lay down the day :- Doug.

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