Author Archives: dgermann
Paddle in the direction the river is going
If we concentrate on what people with Alzheimer’s are missing, on how their “condition” is affecting both of us, we stir up things for them, cause consternation, guilt, inferiority feelings and feelings of things not going rightly. But if we … Continue reading
Is there life after nursing home?
Is there life after nursing home? We can make that life, if we have the gumption. We can get out all the books and articles about helping children learn to read and to become independent, and see what makes sense. … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Eldering, Family, Long-Term Care and nursing homes
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Promise to hear
True invitation is a promise to hear. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Be the love
Be the love you once thought ought belong here. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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You know is best
Do the thing You know is best The best of your self Beyond mere excellence That which is worth a life :- Doug.
Posted in Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Butterfly wings bright
Butterfly wings bright Dust comes off if you touch then No more can you fly :- Doug.
Posted in Poetry
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Only certain evidence
Evidence-based means only a certain kind of evidence is accepted. :- Doug.
Posted in Emergency/Crisis Medical
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three classical professions
Lawyer is one of the three classical between professions: this person goes between human and humanity. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring
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Lawyer: person to person practitioner
Lawyer: person to person practitioner :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Healing and Wholeness
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elective?
What of this care is elective? :- Doug.
presence
A lawyer’s stock in trade is presence. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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I need a soft day
I need a soft day a day to ponder, reflect, to see the tracks of the larger :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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What has us in common?
What has us in common? :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Ear I have found
Ear I have found the heart of law. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation
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Life is in service
Life is in service. How are you in loving service this next moment? :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering, Healing and Wholeness
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