Monthly Archives: April 2017

“You might be just an old middler if you….”

Posted on April 20, 2017 by dgermann

“You might be just an old middler if you….” :- Doug.

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Earning a patina

Posted on April 20, 2017 by dgermann

Doctors propose to put you through something now to possibly give you more time later. This is a thought that fits middlers very well, but elders not so well. For elders living now earns a patina day by day. Hug … Continue reading →

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Eye lights

Posted on April 19, 2017 by dgermann

Meeting about end of life matters, like any meeting, is a search for eye lights. :- Doug.

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Refocus

Posted on April 19, 2017 by dgermann

Refocus Besides living longer What would make your life good? :- Doug.

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Death is not failure

Posted on April 19, 2017 by dgermann

Failure is not death Death is not failure :- Doug.

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Stay on the surface of elderhood

Posted on April 18, 2017 by dgermann

You can stay on the surface of elderhood, or you can accept the all-in invitation, the invitation that requires your sacred :- Doug.

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Teacher?

Posted on April 18, 2017 by dgermann

Think of a person from your life. What did that person teach you? :- Doug.

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Be of service

Posted on April 18, 2017 by dgermann

Be of service: to the larger in these people, for this people. :- Doug.

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Old photos

Posted on April 18, 2017 by dgermann

Look at old photos, tell a story they trigger, sing some old songs which come to mind. :- Doug.

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Do the contrary of Alzheimer’s

Posted on April 17, 2017 by dgermann

Might you do the contrary of Alzheimer’s? Might you be afflicted with wisdom or grace? :- Doug.

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Why not?

Posted on April 17, 2017 by dgermann

Why was I not whom I could have been? :- Doug.

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Die every day

Posted on April 17, 2017 by dgermann

We die every day. Do we see? Do we learn how to do it better? :- Doug.

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Older better

Posted on April 16, 2017 by dgermann

Shall we grow older or grow better? :- Doug.

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Dying is a conversation

Posted on April 16, 2017 by dgermann

Dying is a conversation we have with life and with those near us. It can be a rich give and take and being together in silence, or it can be a fading into nothingness. :- Doug.

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Your Will is not done

Posted on April 16, 2017 by dgermann

Your Will is not done until you have conversed with your beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries about it. A Will is a conversation; most folks forgo the conversation and make it one directional. What might they be losing? :- Doug.

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Recall….

Posted on April 15, 2017 by dgermann

Recall a time when you expressed passion and vision. :- Doug.

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Recontextualize now?

Posted on April 15, 2017 by dgermann

How might you like to recontextualize your life? Your now? :- Doug.

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