Category Archives: Conversation

presence

A lawyer’s stock in trade is presence. :- Doug.

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This is where you can

This is where you can let through your humanity—your kindness—the best self you ever thought you could be. :- Doug.

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What has us in common?

What has us in common? :- Doug.

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Ear I have found

Ear I have found the heart of law. :- Doug.

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When you will not see me

When you will not see me When my ideas and I have fallen back to Its for you Yet must I work to invite you to see and meet :- Doug.

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Don’t burden your family

Don’t burden your family…with decisions about your health care. :- Doug.

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Let’s not argue

Let’s not argue Let’s not fight Simply invite :- Doug.

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braids life

Conversing braids life. Or maybe the other way around, around. :- Doug.

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Love your fear

Slow down. Dive deep. With these people. Love your fear. :- Doug.

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to converse deeply

I only have enough time to converse deeply. :- Doug.

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only enough time for

I only have enough time for long conversation. :- Doug.

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I have no time for short conversation

Remember to live while you’re dying. Memento vivere dum mori. :- Doug.

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Frame the lead

Remember to live while you’re dying. Memento vivere dum mori. :- Doug.

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uncomfortable

Led to the edge Take the conversation to where I’m uncomfortable :- Doug.

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We have seasons

We have seasons We pass through them Or they pass through us No matter which Now we are faced with this Non ease which will end us Compel us in snowy cold To remove our garment of skin and hair … Continue reading

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he-he

Every time you and your wife interact, you are a different you, she a different she-she and you a different he-he. :- Doug.

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My family will do the right thing?

My family will do the right thing. But how will they know? Unless I tell them? :- Doug.

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