Category Archives: Caring
Creative responsibility
Not right by design It takes some fiddling To arrive not at perfection Better :- Doug.
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Not right by design
Not right by design It takes some fiddling To arrive not at perfection Better :- Doug.
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When I water my garden
When I water my garden, I am moving water around: from too deep for the plants to benefit, to the top where it percolates through their roots and back again. Flowing and returning like love. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Dreams, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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Gather our human family
We gather our human family to care for one another. :- Doug.
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There is only one
Share the heart There is only one We know, we know :- Doug.
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Writing Wills, gathering wills
I write Wills and gather wills. :- Doug.
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The resources we already have
Family, relations, community, needs—let us pull together the resources we already have. :- Doug.
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How do we wish to be cared for with a chronic disease?
How do we wish to be cared for as we live with a chronic disease—or several—that few are equipped to deal with? :- Doug.
Cancer and gentle loving metaphors
There are more gentle and loving frames within which to set our approach to any cancer test results seeming negative. Military and war metaphors, fighting and vanquishing, are too harsh for a part of a loved one’s body. When our … Continue reading
The profession of people meeting well:
In the profession of people meeting well: I am exactly where I need to be. :- Doug.
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Less a technician am I than lover & hearer & fan
Less a technician am I than lover & hearer & fan. :- Doug.
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Caring is an attitude of my heart
Caring is an attitude of my heart; care is a commercial transaction. :- Doug.
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Parents and children take care for one another
We all help parents and children take care for one another. :- Doug.
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