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Cancer and gentle loving metaphors

Posted on June 17, 2013 by dgermann

There are more gentle and loving frames within which to set our approach to any cancer test results seeming negative. Military and war metaphors, fighting and vanquishing, are too harsh for a part of a loved one’s body. When our … Continue reading →

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Let us be gentle with one another

Posted on June 16, 2013 by dgermann

We’re all in this life together—let us be gentle with one another. :- Doug.

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Four meanings of your life?

Posted on June 15, 2013 by dgermann

What is one meaning of your life? A second meaning—a moral one? A third one—an allegorical? And a fourth—an anagogical? :- Doug.

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The profession of people meeting well:

Posted on June 14, 2013 by dgermann

In the profession of people meeting well: I am exactly where I need to be. :- Doug.

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Completing our living is peeling an onion:

Posted on June 13, 2013 by dgermann

Completing our living is peeling an onion: First we complete our work in the world, then our relationships with community, then with friends. The final layer is our relation with closest of family and here we seek to complete intimacy. … Continue reading →

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a warp and woof you cannot unweave

Posted on June 12, 2013 by dgermann

We cannot center solely on autonomy. Autonomy with family makes sense: both are true to life, at least in this day and age. It comes down to this: love flows in many directions. What you want is mediated by the … Continue reading →

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Observation Status Fact Sheet

Posted on June 11, 2013 by dgermann

Friends– NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys) has published this fact sheet on “Observation Status” and how it keeps people on Medicare from getting Nursing Home coverage. Read and talk to your Congressman and Senators. :- Doug.

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The classical guides in dying

Posted on June 11, 2013 by dgermann

Beauty—to round out one’s life Truth—to receive justice, the care one wants Goodness—to receive and give kindness with others The classical guides can serve us in dying :- Doug.

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Why does it matter?

Posted on June 10, 2013 by dgermann

Why does it matter? Because it’s a way of being kind to one another. :- Doug.

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The end of life conversation is about justice–

Posted on June 9, 2013 by dgermann

The end of life conversation is about justice—giving each one what he or she wants—about love—caring for each other—about wholeness—allowing and helping one another have the wholeness we choose. :- Doug.

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When settling in to tell a story to children

Posted on June 8, 2013 by dgermann

When settling in to tell a story to children, ask them to give you a locale, or a symbol: circle, river, hole, woods, cave, hut, maze, spiral, village, web. :- Doug.

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