Author Archives: dgermann
The essence
The essence, the mystery of eldering is you must die :- Doug.
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Touching one another’s lives
Touching lives. This may be what I saw when I wrote that sharing grief is humanity’s soul purpose. Touching one another’s lives. Allowing ourselves to be touched. Lives touching. Inextricably entwining. :- Doug.
head work, heart work
Care is head work; caring is heart work. :- Doug.
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Little = big difference
Had a wonderful conversation with a friend yesterday: she sees she can make the world better in little ways, encouraging people to keep up work on their dreams. She talked with a medical intern who was depressed because a patient … Continue reading
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see across generations
What will help us see across the generations, see the role of nature in human development? :- Doug.
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What did you do outdoors growing up?
What did you do outdoors growing up? What do our grandchildren do? What is the role of the wild in human soul-spirit-self development? :- Doug.
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to see over
Elders have an ability to oversee our world, more truly to see over. :- Doug.
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Mistake to call us “older adults”
Don’t make the mistake of calling us “older adults” for we are more than adults grown older: we are in a different development of life—psychologically, and for some of us, spiritually. :- Doug.
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But we’re about caring
We have smart people. We work hard. We know some things. But we’re about caring. :- Doug.
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Caring is what you give
Care is what corporate sells. Caring is what you give your patients, your own elders: a piece of you. Caring is what we give, too. We are about caring. :- Doug.
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Love is work
Love is work Always with defect Always completing :- Doug.
all our life depends
Work waits on others’ info signature review all our life depends :- Doug.
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help each other?
Can we help each other, care for one another? That is the thing. :- Doug.
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the work of the day
Caring for one another is the work of the day. :- Doug.
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