Category Archives: Conversation

Conversing with time itself

Posted on March 31, 2016 by dgermann

All’s a conversation: one with others, birds with wind, horses with flies, cedars with snows, you with me. Making clock time for the conversation is impossible: it is designed to be fixed spaces that tick away without mercy. Kairos time … Continue reading →

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My life has been a search for words

Posted on March 29, 2016 by dgermann

My life has been a search for words; how fitting I should now be given more for which to search! :- Doug.

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supple and changing

Posted on March 29, 2016 by dgermann

She told of her sister in law who was diagnosed a few months ago with terminal brain cancer at age 62. It affects her as well as her sister in law. She said it changes the dynamics. She noticed over … Continue reading →

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Not what we talk about

Posted on March 28, 2016 by dgermann

It’s not what we talk about; it’s that we intend to converse, to together. :- Doug.

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Start conversations

Posted on March 27, 2016 by dgermann

Get conversations started. Conversations of eyes, gestures, stories, songs, movement. Do we really need words to connect with someone? What is conversation about but loving humanity, helping someone matter? :- Doug.

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You will not die from it!

Posted on March 27, 2016 by dgermann

The purpose of the conversation exercise is to let you experience that talking about death—even your own death—is not scary—and you will not die from it! :- Doug.

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The sources of meaning in your life?

Posted on March 26, 2016 by dgermann

What are the sources of meaning in your life? love, work, history, family, friends, pain, joy, creativity, responsibility, beauty, truth, goodness, humor, hugs, food, smells, music, lessons to give, stories to tell, people you need to forgive, be forgiven by, … Continue reading →

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Life is the work

Posted on March 25, 2016 by dgermann

Life is the work they are doing, the converse of which they are part. :- Doug.

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Deeper if I let them

Posted on March 24, 2016 by dgermann

People will go deeper if I let them, if for instance I do not step on their lines. :- Doug.

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Don’t be afraid

Posted on March 22, 2016 by dgermann

Don’t be afraid. Other people are not apart from you. They are a part of you. We are in profound territory. :- Doug.

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I own this

Posted on March 22, 2016 by dgermann

I own this. I start the conversation. :- Doug.

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the further we advance

Posted on March 21, 2016 by dgermann

The further we advance into persons the more activity (conversation) among them we discover. The closer we look the more restless and dynamic the picture. People cannot be separated from their correlations. The more we confine them (such as in … Continue reading →

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must happen in the family

Posted on March 20, 2016 by dgermann

The main conversation has to happen in the family. If the doctor has had a conversation with the patient, and then the family are the only ones conscious, things can get turned around. So doctors should be encouraging the conversation … Continue reading →

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Be clear of one thing:

Posted on March 18, 2016 by dgermann

Be clear of one thing: open to one another. This is love. :- Doug.

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When words depart

Posted on March 16, 2016 by dgermann

When words depart and stay away we will converse —then—in acts of love :- Doug.

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No, I’m not having fun

Posted on March 16, 2016 by dgermann

No, I’m not having fun in my work I’m having love an exchange with one another of words, wonder, and engagement :- Doug.

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When I listen to you

Posted on March 16, 2016 by dgermann

When I listen to You, it is all about me When I hear, it’s you :- Doug.

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