Open hand The gift of one another Open heart The gift of one another Lean into our circle As human as you can Offer and accept our highest The gift of one another :- Doug.

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How will we know when it’s time to say goodbye? Because it is up to us as well. We know it is up to us because we have seen people stay around for a holiday or a grandchild’s wedding, or … Continue reading →

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What do we mean by “burden?”

Posted on November 3, 2012 by dgermann

What do we mean by “burden?” Can we put a picture to it? Do we mean divorcing ourselves from our children’s lives? Ripping ourselves out like weeds from the garden? :- Doug.

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How can they happen reliably?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by dgermann

How can we help the conversations happen reliably, involving as many of the group of care givers (of whatever profession), family and our living person? :- Doug.

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Nurture us:

Posted on October 28, 2012 by dgermann

End of life conversations can nurture us. :- Doug.

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Not simply dragging out

Posted on October 24, 2012 by dgermann

Conversation is not about simply dragging out what’s inside you. It is about shaping it. It is about discovering it. It is about co-creating it. I had not thought about dying on the boat dock till my friend Jerry voiced … Continue reading →

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No professional time for this conversation?

Posted on October 20, 2012 by dgermann

Is it really true there is, for lawyer, for doctor, no time for the end of life conversation? Can we say “This is on me”? Do we have to make every moment pay? Can we make this conversation pay? :- … Continue reading →

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On the boat dock watching the sun

Posted on October 12, 2012 by dgermann

People need this conversation about living well our last chapter. They need to realize that as Jerry Walthall said, some of us want to die on the boat dock watching the sun and drinking a beer with our dog. I’d … Continue reading →

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Do you have a deathbed story?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by dgermann

Do you have a deathbed story? :- Doug.

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Start the melting

Posted on October 9, 2012 by dgermann

As I look around this people, I see the salt of the earth. Today, the world about us is icy: together you can start the melting. :- Doug.

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First, live well together….

Posted on October 9, 2012 by dgermann

First, live well together; second, see how the money parts can serve your living. :- Doug.

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A thousand right ways to converse….

Posted on October 7, 2012 by dgermann

There are a thousand right ways to converse, a thousand right ways to love! :- Doug.

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No How only Do

Posted on October 7, 2012 by dgermann

For deepening of conversation Is no how only do :- Doug.

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There is more here.

Posted on October 6, 2012 by dgermann

There is more here. :- Doug.

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