Author Archives: dgermann
more ways
Here there is nothing wrong Every here There are always more ways :- Doug.
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The arc of our lives is long
The arc of our lives is long. At both ends it bends toward earthy rhythms. At these ends others fulfill themselves caring for us. Our loving can be found in letting them. It’s not If but When we will slow … Continue reading
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Have people to love,
Have people to love, things to do, today and early. :- Doug.
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Sidestep argument
Sidestep argument change the terms, the words, the actions —embrace the other (the other you)! :- Doug.
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worth doing cheaply
The trust mills are staffed by people who believe anything worth doing is worth doing cheaply. :- Doug.
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Let’s invite some conversation!
Let’s invite some conversation! :- Doug.
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Winds, winds: blow
Winds, winds: blow winds, wind around my heart from where and to where unknown to us, calling to us to go to where, to find from where we may: ever unknown yet ever we are given to make up for … Continue reading
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Today’s a just-so setting
Today’s a just-so setting For what will happen in it :- Doug.
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Labyrinths stand for elder caring work
Labyrinths stand for elder caring work, and for conversation within that work. You are in a place dark and foreboding, with directions and bits and pieces of information scattered, now a straight line, now a fork in the road. When … Continue reading
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Be curious for one another
Be curious for one another. It is a way of love. :- Doug.
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It will take all of us
It will take all of us to love the whole of us. :- Doug.
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For the good of our grandchildren?
What can we be—and do–for the good of our grandchildren, for seven generations? :- Doug.
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Within your family
Within your family celebrate your differences from these you find newness you create Within your family celebrate your likenesses you are more alike than different from these you can touch each other be touched Within your family blood & beyond … Continue reading
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Laughter + Music: for dementia better than drugs?
Friends– Take a look at this from the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/laughter-and-music-better-than-drugs-for-dementia-patients-20130802-2r4w9.html In a three-year study they found a weekly dose of songs and laughs, clowns and humor helped as much as psychotropic drugs and anti-depressants, in reducing aggression … Continue reading
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