Category Archives: Caring
There is only one conversation
There is only one conversation & you can be in it & you’re already in it & you’re invited! :- Doug.
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the family of life goes on
Babies are born, grow, die the family of life goes on safety and security —endurance is in change & movement & growth :- Doug.
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The most inopportune times!
We joke that Life is what happens when you are making other plans, Prepare to be surprised, Whatever happens is the only thing that could. We are surprised to find we are loved. Geniuses are the ones who surprise us. … Continue reading
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In elder caring, things move quickly
In elder caring, things move quickly. More quickly than you would expect. Client is in the nursing home, and the nursing home is saying he is “plateauing:” they need to stop therapy and make the family private pay. Medicare will … Continue reading
Where you stand affects what you see
Where you stand affects what you see. :- Doug.
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more ways
Here there is nothing wrong Every here There are always more ways :- Doug.
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The arc of our lives is long
The arc of our lives is long. At both ends it bends toward earthy rhythms. At these ends others fulfill themselves caring for us. Our loving can be found in letting them. It’s not If but When we will slow … Continue reading
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Have people to love,
Have people to love, things to do, today and early. :- Doug.
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Let’s invite some conversation!
Let’s invite some conversation! :- Doug.
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Winds, winds: blow
Winds, winds: blow winds, wind around my heart from where and to where unknown to us, calling to us to go to where, to find from where we may: ever unknown yet ever we are given to make up for … Continue reading
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Labyrinths stand for elder caring work
Labyrinths stand for elder caring work, and for conversation within that work. You are in a place dark and foreboding, with directions and bits and pieces of information scattered, now a straight line, now a fork in the road. When … Continue reading
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Be curious for one another
Be curious for one another. It is a way of love. :- Doug.
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It will take all of us
It will take all of us to love the whole of us. :- Doug.
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I see families gathering
I see families gathering around their elders, caring for one another. :- Doug.
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I love you
I love you says what matters are our betweenings :- Doug.
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fold in some gratitude
To smooth the edges of anger fold in some gratitude for anything at all :- Doug.
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