Category Archives: Conversation
Draw larger circles
Draw larger circles. :- Doug.
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the all of us, the together of us
Engage, consciously engage, the all of the all of us, and the together of us: here is how we progress, here is how we love. :- Doug.
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Holding hands
Holding hands A glance exchanged Hugging A walk together in the autumn leaves A touch Humming along in a group with an old song Playing tic-tac-toe Many the ways we converse :- Doug.
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Help me speak from my dementia
Help me speak from my dementia Since I have trouble thinking But I feel, I see, I exist I want to love you And be respected Because I am, still I remember, I remember The songs, the dances, The babies … Continue reading
Reflecting one another
Less do we affect one another than reflect one another. :- Doug.
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the story that holds them all
Story comes through conversing. Story uses conversation to weave movement, indeed to weave itself. We meet: we make a story together. The story is us, and the story is you and the story is me. We create each of these … Continue reading
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To get beyond the old conversation:
To get beyond the old conversation, get beyond the old conversation: start a new one. A new conversation, more important, outflanking the troublesome one, overwhelming any interest in the old. Pull us in. Divert to the more significant conversation. :- … Continue reading
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Let’s make conversation
Let’s make conversation conversation rich, textured and opening :- Doug.
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How to ask a sibling to chip in on the costs
Friends– Here is an article that might help a bit: http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/01/news/sibling-parent-care.moneymag/ :- Doug.
Will our grandchildren hear?
Can we find a way of speaking so our grandchildren will hear what they need? :- Doug.
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Oct 4 & 5: Discovering Ourselves Wiser
You are invited…. Discovering Ourselves Wiser Using Our Wisdom for Our World How the co-learning happens Your years count. As Mentor, Sage, Poet you have something of great value to share. Gather with other people who are putting their experience … Continue reading
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Neediness is a gift
Neediness in a conversation is as much of a gift as that by a know-it-all. The commerce is in information through ideas through creativity to real wisdom, and each of these opens the doors to meaningful exchange. It might be … Continue reading
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We need not build bridges
We need not build bridges from human to human we already have gossamer we see, we hear, we touch we are touched :- Doug.
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