A life of conversation looks like this: Grandchildren one on one and in circles. Family gathering. One on one with the family of humankind, whomever we meet out and about. Inviting something deeper in conferences. Spirit flowing and ebbing among … Continue reading →

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I love you

Posted on August 5, 2013 by dgermann

I love you says what matters are our betweenings :- Doug.

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When I water my garden

Posted on July 31, 2013 by dgermann

When I water my garden, I am moving water around: from too deep for the plants to benefit, to the top where it percolates through their roots and back again. Flowing and returning like love. :- Doug.

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A profound opportunity in death

Posted on July 26, 2013 by dgermann

A profound reason I invite folks to hear each other about approaching death is the opportunity that death gives us all to grow. I don’t want people robbed of their completion. :- Doug.

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There is only one

Posted on July 17, 2013 by dgermann

Share the heart There is only one We know, we know :- Doug.

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about justice but more than that

Posted on July 16, 2013 by dgermann

It’s about justice but more than that It’s so no one will be made to suffer That we must converse about end of life :- Doug.

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Blackberry bushes

Posted on July 5, 2013 by dgermann

Blackberry bushes Prickly briers bearing sweet This conversation :- Doug.

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We owe our communities, our families

Posted on June 29, 2013 by dgermann

This is something we owe our communities, our families: to have this end of life conversation, to converse. For here is caring, here is loving, here is coming together. :- Doug.

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choosing to gather in their sparks

Posted on June 26, 2013 by dgermann

the meeting of highways of life, love & meaning, of daughters & sons wives & husbands mothers & fathers of inviting & freeing & gathering this conversation is —it only takes a little seeing of who is there in front … Continue reading →

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Closing and completing

Posted on June 22, 2013 by dgermann

If people are seeking closing and completing, rounding of their togethering, then their relatings need to heal. This is the purpose of forgiving and thanking and blessing and loving: to make whole. This comes about through radical conversing: saying what … Continue reading →

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It cuts deeply, to heal

Posted on June 21, 2013 by dgermann

Conversing is a sword’s edge, Excalibur. It cuts deeply, to heal. :- Doug.

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In each life we owe it to ourselves to meet this way once

Posted on June 20, 2013 by dgermann

We cannot radically converse all the time: it would be too much for us. But in each life we ought to meet this way once. :- Doug.

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