Category Archives: Caring

We are people sensors

We are people sensors Put one of us near We pick up invisible signals How do we feel In this one’s presence? :- Doug.

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a good day!

This is going to be a good day! :- Doug.

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Not one answer per question

Law is not one answer per question: it is a process of getting from Point A to Point Z, and probably ending up on Point Q where life is better than anyone could guess. :- Doug.

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Together is a form of love

Together is a form of love :- Doug.

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Develop hearing skills

Develop hearing skills. :- Doug.

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life bumps and so it bruises

It’s maybe not so much this is the life we are “supposed” to be living; life bumps so it gives bruises; with our minds we can make living (whether outwardly “good” or “bad”) purposeful, whole, and loving. :- Doug.

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the data fights back

This work is not only collecting data; also the data fights back. :- Doug.

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turning around things and words

I turn around words and things to see other, to see more deeply. There is more here to see, to be loved by. :- Doug.

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How to live a long healthy happy life

Here is a good Tedx video about a 75 year study: http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness#t-6827 Worth looking into! :- Doug.

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Caring is about

Caring is about growing a relationship. So is caregiving. :- Doug.

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Going well?

What’s going well? :- Doug.

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Fritz?

How to nudge someone whose memory is on the fritz? :- Doug.

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All the credentials I require

I’m human—that’s all the credentials I require. I notice what I notice. :- Doug.

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Hang not up

Seek not a career Hang not up this for that Do the tasks set before you Hear the music Tell the music :- Doug.

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not final

Refusal to talk is probably, for humans, not final. :- Doug.

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Time for you

Time for you. :- Doug.

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not about

This is not about understanding. :- Doug.

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