The move into elder caring has afforded me opportunities to do profound things: for instance, be present to life and death questions. Also to be my real self: I can be caring and pause to let others sink in. :- … Continue reading →

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Fearlessly finding our wisdom

Posted on July 7, 2016 by dgermann

Elders are about fearlessly finding our wisdom, eliciting others’, putting it to use. :- Doug.

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Let three breaths settle

Posted on July 6, 2016 by dgermann

Can we let three breaths settle in us before we respond to another? Otherwise this is going too fast for us. :- Doug.

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Can we yet?

Posted on July 5, 2016 by dgermann

Can we yet do the bigger than life thing? :- Doug.

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Welcoming the badge “elder”

Posted on July 4, 2016 by dgermann

For several months as I am approaching my 70th birthday I find that I am welcoming the badge “elder.” I am choosing to ask for help or to hire work done—lawn mowing for instance—though I still am able. I choose. … Continue reading →

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Is my heart at war?

Posted on July 3, 2016 by dgermann

Is my heart at war? A longer view could release The butterfly’s wings :- Doug.

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A quiet little

Posted on July 2, 2016 by dgermann

We have a quiet little law practice in elder caring: we provide powers of assistance, get court permission for you to act for your loved one, and find you help to pay for home and nursing care. :- Doug.

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Brain choices:

Posted on July 1, 2016 by dgermann

Brain choices: A few hints that our brain is not functioning as before, and we worry these are signs of our impending dementia; each example gets us buying the notion we are slipping; we become depressed and don’t tell anyone; … Continue reading →

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Safety is not the main thing in elder caring:

Posted on June 30, 2016 by dgermann

Safety is not the main thing in elder caring: love is. :- Doug.

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Foreclosing your life’s course

Posted on June 29, 2016 by dgermann

Does service to others foreclose your own optimized life course? Or, is it your optimized life course? :- Doug.

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Quite narrow

Posted on June 28, 2016 by dgermann

The top of the hill must be quite narrow: years you climb and climb, then suddenly you find yourself on the downhill. :- Doug.

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“Feeling rushed”

Posted on June 27, 2016 by dgermann

“Feeling rushed” is an example of how one person’s time thoughts are imposed upon another; often the two persons do not translate the same, which might have been intended by the imposer. :- Doug.

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When you stir a pot

Posted on June 26, 2016 by dgermann

When you stir a pot new emerges: aromas, flavors, a cook’s heart :- Doug.

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someone’s grandchild?

Posted on June 25, 2016 by dgermann

Of what use are you, as someone’s grandchild? :- Doug.

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