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

Posted on January 6, 2016 by dgermann

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

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Reflect?

Posted on January 4, 2016 by dgermann

When do you reflect on your life experiences? :- Doug.

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Going well?

Posted on January 3, 2016 by dgermann

What’s going well? :- Doug.

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Fritz?

Posted on December 31, 2015 by dgermann

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

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When talking with elders

Posted on December 22, 2015 by dgermann

When talking with elders—our peers—do we seek the benefit of their wisdom and insight? :- Doug.

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embrace is global

Posted on December 21, 2015 by dgermann

Conversation’s embrace is global gathering the children as they run in sometimes and seldom one at a time for perhaps there is no time no one else :- Doug.

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not final

Posted on December 20, 2015 by dgermann

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

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Open

Posted on December 19, 2015 by dgermann

Open for reflection :- Doug.

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not about

Posted on December 9, 2015 by dgermann

This is not about understanding. :- Doug.

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That’s more….

Posted on December 5, 2015 by dgermann

Say less. That’s more…. :- Doug.

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To see a bigger picture

Posted on November 28, 2015 by dgermann

To see a bigger picture, sometimes you have to draw away. :- Doug.

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Of one weave with our life’s cloth

Posted on November 20, 2015 by dgermann

Of one weave with our life’s cloth can we make our dying? pass to family, community, and world the worth of our life? :- Doug.

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Our elders deserve our respect

Posted on November 18, 2015 by dgermann

Our elders deserve our respect. Notice that when we age we deal with Loss and Worth, and these tightly bound in tuggle and huggle with one another. :- Doug.

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