Category Archives: Conversation

My dream a world conversing

My dream a world conversing And look! It’s working! Traffic flows on streets and highways Business and government intermix Flowing around each other Ambulances, police, fire All one people helping people, loving Conversing :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Poetry | Leave a comment

Life converses or it dies

Life converses or it dies. Give us a living being to care for and we flourish. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Long-Term Care and nursing homes | Leave a comment

Beyond reverence for life

Beyond reverence for life, engage life. Put life into conversation with itself. :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Poetry | Leave a comment

Where the near-magic happens

This is where the near-magic happens. :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation | Leave a comment

work is conversation

My work is conversation Conversation is love Much of my conversation revolves around nursing homes :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Long-Term Care and nursing homes, Poetry | Leave a comment

leaf trying to hold on

Describing conversation is like a leaf trying to hold on to the wind. :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Poetry | Leave a comment

Doors not walls

Hate and conflict too are doorways to mutual understanding: doors, not walls. :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness | Leave a comment

Out beside

I cannot have a handle on you But I can camp out beside :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Long-Term Care and nursing homes | Leave a comment

Than can be heard

There’s more to hear Than can be heard :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation | Leave a comment

People feeling unsurd

The root of our problems is People feeling unsurd and unheen :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry | Leave a comment

Stories about good deaths?

What are the stories we tell each other about good and bad deaths? How might we improve our storytelling? :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Death and living while dying | Leave a comment

A whole litter

Advance Care Planning is not primarily to capture wishes But to coax them out of hiding And to engender a whole litter of them :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Death and living while dying, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry | Leave a comment

Conflict is always about something else

Conflict is always about something else. :- Doug.

Posted in Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness | Leave a comment

I had the ouchies backwards

I used to say we spend 98.5% of our time thinking in the future. Now I think I had it backwards. What we learned and experienced years ago recorded tapes and disks we replay now. Often unconsciously. But if now … Continue reading

Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness | Leave a comment

Not a skill

Conversation is not a skill Like driving a car Many driving actions need to be Ingrained So we can act in an instant Conversing takes an ever new We Ever present Ever conscious of Everything The only ingrained is Moment … Continue reading

Posted in Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry | Leave a comment

Engaging is loving

Engaging is loving :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry | Leave a comment

A new person every day

A new person every day Mom is Can I meet her afresh? :- Doug.

Posted in Aging, Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry | Leave a comment