Medicine relying on statistics is based on reasoning from the general to the specific. Law relying on stories is based on reasoning from the specific to the general. That’s why doctors and lawyers do not see eye to eye. :- … Continue reading →

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Lawyers tell stories

Posted on October 20, 2015 by dgermann

Lawyers tell stories Doctors tell statistics Accountants tell numbers All are necessary All are life :- Doug.

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nap

Posted on October 19, 2015 by dgermann

Now the best thing I can do for my clients is nap :- Doug.

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Taking away your uncertainty

Posted on October 14, 2015 by dgermann

I would love to take away your certainty. And mine. The only thing that can give us life is meeting uncertainty—in one another’s face. :- Doug.

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Participating in lives

Posted on October 13, 2015 by dgermann

It’s more important for me as a lawyer to participate in my clients’ lives than to carry to them a message. :- Doug.

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I get to openly love

Posted on October 6, 2015 by dgermann

Elder caring is the only field of law where I get to openly love my clients. :- Doug.

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As long as I can

Posted on October 2, 2015 by dgermann

So as long as I can use (and sometimes give) my true gift, I want to, I need to. :- Doug.

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Lawyers and Einstein

Posted on September 29, 2015 by dgermann

A lawyer can be compared to Einstein. Relativity, relativity said Einstein: everything depends on everything else. The lawyer says, It depends. :- Doug.

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What are the meaningful things of your life?

Posted on September 21, 2015 by dgermann

What are the meaningful things of your life? Could you do them in your last weeks? What sort of care would allow you to do them, have them, as the light of this world fades for you? :- Doug.

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I’ll not retire

Posted on September 19, 2015 by dgermann

I’ll not retire as long as I can do good things. :- Doug.

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Time with you

Posted on September 16, 2015 by dgermann

Time with you :- Doug.

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Gentle presence

Posted on August 24, 2015 by dgermann

Gentle presence. :- Doug.

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to joy and to cry

Posted on August 21, 2015 by dgermann

Life comes to joy with life and to cry :- Doug.

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The profound times

Posted on August 20, 2015 by dgermann

The profound times of our lives together this is where I work back and forth we pass our wisdom, poetry, and love staying lively in the nursing home living our dying those who will cry sharing laughter in these nows … Continue reading →

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