Category Archives: Aging
At this end of your life?
What is the work you need to do at this end of your life? Give or receive forgiveness Say I love you Thank Say good-bye Complete a relationship Complete a work Give a … Continue reading
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At your age
At your age, have you done what you came here to do, yet? Have you sung your song, written your book, hugged enough? :- Doug.
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Befriending Mom: beyond ADLs and IADLs
Ω 936 Truth: You’ve heard of ADLs and maybe IADLs; let’s look beyond. Activities of Daily Living refer to bathing, dressing, eating, and the like—the basic stuff of life. This is what the ancients called Truth: can you do the … Continue reading
We free the body of its tasks
We free the body of its tasks We free the spirit to works within :- Doug.
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A paradox as we age:
A paradox as we age: We discard the unessential Yet we grow, take in panoramas :- Doug.
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What does bringing our authentic sevles mean as we age?
What does bringing out our authentic selves mean as we age? As we peel away the layers, the roles, the masks Does this question become more urgent? And what of our friends who are there and no longer there? Some … Continue reading
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5 1/2 ways, with limitations
Each of the 5 ½ ways to gather caring for our elders has its limitations: ½) Veteran’s Administration is good for assisted living, not much help with nursing facilities; 1) Family marshaling their resources and love is low cash cost, … Continue reading
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We put more effort in getting through
We put more effort in helping people get through old age than enjoying it. :- Doug.
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serious attention to our ripening
It is absolutely necessary —our society needs us to work on what only we only now can find and create— to devote serious attention to our ripening in aging —and in dying :- Doug.
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to age until we are almost invisible
As we age we might just become subtle ever more subtle until we are almost invisible about 3 years later we die but subtlety is fun so we should still seek it :- Doug.
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Doctor, must I take that pill?
Doctor, must I take that pill? :- Doug.
Why can’t we
Why can’t we take care of our elders the way we used to? Is it mistreating if we can’t afford our pills and so go without? Does one choice hasten death, or does the other stretch out our deaths? What … Continue reading
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Once you know the way
Once you know the way it’s no longer the way :- Doug.
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Bringing living
What living can we bring to later years? :- Doug.
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