Category Archives: Caring

Gently awaken

Posted on December 18, 2016 by dgermann

Gently awaken. :- Doug.

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The great discomforts of aging

Posted on December 12, 2016 by dgermann

The great discomforts of aging in our culture are not what you might expect. Rather elders are being cast aside, not honored nor even seen, told to concentrate on what is failing and being taken away and never on what … Continue reading →

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Effective loving

Posted on December 12, 2016 by dgermann

Effective loving take us a step or two beyond tough love: not only saying No, but guiding to a self-vision of possibility beyond Yes and No; beyond I am doing something to you, to equals together exploring where love takes … Continue reading →

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More about more

Posted on December 9, 2016 by dgermann

As a poet-caring lawyer my task is not to learn more and more about less and less; rather more and more about more and more. :- Doug.

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Might not mean

Posted on November 29, 2016 by dgermann

Allow that in age activity and socialization might not mean what it did in our middle years. :- Doug.

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Alive inside?

Posted on November 28, 2016 by dgermann

Alive inside? Alive all sides! :- Doug.

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hospital-think!

Posted on November 24, 2016 by dgermann

You can do better than hospital-think! It is not right nor even salutary to concentrate 100% on disease; we need to concentrate on living. Escape the institution: help them elope! :- Doug.

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warehouses to hotbeds

Posted on November 24, 2016 by dgermann

Let’s move retirement facilities from being warehouses to hotbeds of meaning and purpose. :- Doug.

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ageism

Posted on November 12, 2016 by dgermann

Let’s work on that little piece of ageism. :- Doug.

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application for activation

Posted on November 11, 2016 by dgermann

Wisdom needs application for activation. :- Doug.

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What is a truth

Posted on November 10, 2016 by dgermann

What is a truth you need to say before this life is over? :- Doug.

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your value as a person

Posted on November 10, 2016 by dgermann

What is your value as a person? What do you bring to the world? :- Doug.

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Ignored

Posted on November 9, 2016 by dgermann

Ignored is a person whose end of life wishes are also ignored is what no person deserves :- Doug.

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O what missing words!

Posted on November 7, 2016 by dgermann

O what missing words! All the better to converse with you! :- Doug.

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Only meet

Posted on November 5, 2016 by dgermann

Only meet. :- Doug.

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Respect for all end of life preferences

Posted on November 4, 2016 by dgermann

Respect for all end of life preferences for me seems to have its basis in human rights. Now I see human rights in turn are grounded in reverence for life—the whole life cycle wholly lived. :- Doug.

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you is you

Posted on November 4, 2016 by dgermann

What I as a caring person have to offer you is you. :- Doug.

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