Category Archives: Aging

contribution to life?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by dgermann

What has been your contribution to life? :- Doug.

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not about

Posted on December 9, 2015 by dgermann

This is not about understanding. :- Doug.

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bewildering and uncertain times

Posted on December 8, 2015 by dgermann

Friends– Here’s a quote with which you might identify: “In three weeks we will be married for 55 years, it’s been a wonderful, loving partnership with plenty of challenging times and we are committed to hanging out together. However, I’ve … Continue reading →

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What was that about?

Posted on December 8, 2015 by dgermann

Are you figuring out what your life was about? :- Doug.

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or projects or problems?

Posted on December 6, 2015 by dgermann

In a nursing home are there people or projects or problems? :- Doug.

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Make good

Posted on December 3, 2015 by dgermann

Make good our time. :- Doug.

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Patterns?

Posted on December 2, 2015 by dgermann

What are the patterns of your life? :- Doug.

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70:

Posted on December 1, 2015 by dgermann

70: Things about my life :- Doug.

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The last control

Posted on November 30, 2015 by dgermann

The last control is of our own framing of our lives. :- Doug.

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Peace with

Posted on November 29, 2015 by dgermann

Do we want peace with our life? :- Doug.

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flush

Posted on November 26, 2015 by dgermann

In our later years, our lives flush before our eyes. :- Doug.

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Thinking slow thoughts

Posted on November 24, 2015 by dgermann

Thinking slow thoughts can be worthwhile. :- Doug.

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satisfactory, satisfying death?

Posted on November 23, 2015 by dgermann

What would be a satisfactory, satisfying death? Since the past can be changed by finding a different context what picture could use reframing? :- Doug.

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Conflict: control and give forward

Posted on November 22, 2015 by dgermann

Maybe the conflict is between the need to control and the need to give forward. The resolution might be in choosing when and what to give. We are too quick to move to resolution: let us stay in this tension … Continue reading →

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Voices

Posted on November 19, 2015 by dgermann

Voices of Worth :- Doug.

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Our elders deserve our respect

Posted on November 18, 2015 by dgermann

Our elders deserve our respect. Notice that when we age we deal with Loss and Worth, and these tightly bound in tuggle and huggle with one another. :- Doug.

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Your mind can grow in flexibility as you age

Posted on November 11, 2015 by dgermann

Your mind can grow in flexibility as you age. You can see new things. You can think new thoughts. You can open a new trailhead. :- Doug.

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