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Elder Caring Lawyer

nap

Now the best thing I can do for my clients is nap :- Doug.

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while wisdom goes on from there

To know and to know we know is homo sapiens sapiens to be proud of this is ego and stops our development while wisdom goes on from there :- Doug.

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To squeeze essence

To squeeze essence out from a fruit is not to have it full only its juice —wet and sweet —without pulp and texture so to say the essence of conversation is reflection and participation is to say something essential and … Continue reading

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To be alive is to participate

To be alive is to participate …in another’s life :- Doug.

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If I stop writing poetry

If I stop writing poetry I stop growing. :- Doug.

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Taking away your uncertainty

I would love to take away your certainty. And mine. The only thing that can give us life is meeting uncertainty—in one another’s face. :- Doug.

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Participating in lives

It’s more important for me as a lawyer to participate in my clients’ lives than to carry to them a message. :- Doug.

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Telling our pain

Telling our pain brings us truth and reconciliation brings us to now opens to us hope :- Doug.

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There is no you

There is no you no me only we the we bigger than we imagined :- Doug.

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Drinking in the green of the trees

Drinking in the green of the trees, the grass, the bushes this morning. Green brings us back to reality. :- Doug.

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Drink in the green

Drink in the green with your eyes :- Doug.

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We can be larger than this

We can be larger than this. :- Doug.

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What do you want if you are dying?

What do you want if you are dying? Which of the senses are most important to you—do you see what I am saying, hear me, are you touched by what is going on? What do you smell, can you taste … Continue reading

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I get to openly love

Elder caring is the only field of law where I get to openly love my clients. :- Doug.

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The smell of baking cookies

At end of life what’s most meaningful is what carries most life—it often revolves around creature comforts. Things like the smell of baking cookies, the touch of a gentle person, someone lying next to you, the kiss of your dog, … Continue reading

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If you cannot go back

If you cannot go back to your former self (as if life ever goes back), what kind of outcomes do you want? Do you want to concentrate on your life or your medical treatments? On your family? On your preferred … Continue reading

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Then, in late years

We spend a lifetime building up a career. Then, in late years, we ourselves be ourselves. We find ourselves free. We find our selves. Sometimes it happens! Just for now! :- Doug.

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