Category Archives: Conversation

Your last 3 days?

How would you like to live at the end of life? Your last 3 days? :- Doug.

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Two end of life conversations:

There are two end of life conversations. One is the kind of conversation we have at various times while we are thinking of our end of life: do this for me, avoid doing that if you can. The second is … Continue reading

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The inviting

The inviting lawyer Inviting family, friends Those who care Young with old Sister with brother Husband with wife Heart with head Finding our common ground Our common human humus Finding our common heart This kind of Inviting lawyer I work … Continue reading

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In the nursing home

In the nursing home, what is your life like, what do you find are the things that most engage you? What do you wonder about? About what do you find precious few people to talk with you? :- Doug.

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families come together

Good happens when families come together :- Doug.

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Our whole work is conversation.

Our whole work is conversation. Whole, as in rounded, full, complete, healing. Our, as in each person on this globe. Conversation, meaning turning with, a picture of dancing, and a picture of turning over a compost heap to keep it … Continue reading

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Crotchety is okety-fine

Crotchety is okety-fine when conversing: just stand clear of our itty bitty egoity keep to our universality! :- Doug.

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Divine are the snowflakes/…

Divine are the snowflakes dancing, floating, flying divine is each each faces me and asks do you see me? :- Doug.

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Thousands dying this year of this

This year, thousands will die of not hearing. Hearing one another. Hearing is more than listening, more than preparing your response. This year, thousands will die of not being heard. Being heard is essential to continuing to live. :- Doug. … Continue reading

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Why we are frustrated with one another

We’re frustrated with one another and so we shout at “them.” We’re frustrated with one another because we have forgotten how to dialogue. We don’t know how to hear, how to meet. :- Doug.

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Law, technicalities and guessing

Law is not solely about the technicalities: it goes beyond to what works, what is apt to work, and where peoples’ hearts want to go. All life is guessing; we must work also with art and heart. :- Doug.

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Heart and hearing

What I bring to my clients, to the law: sensitivity and caring: heart and hearing. These two things. :- Doug.

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Before we part….

Make our next appointment before we part. :- Doug.

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What we shouldn’t tell our grandchildren

We shouldn’t tell our grandchildren that they have a lifetime in front of them. Don’t sugar coat. They have a few short years and had better choose wisely and get to work quickly and effectively. :- Doug.

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The important thing

The important thing is that we converse. :- Doug.

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Surgeons confused by Living Wills: Study

Friends– Here is an article from the Annals of Surgery which headlines that Surgeons don’t discuss end of life care, especially when they are performing risky procedures: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/us-directives-idUSTRE7BF0F720111216 (More details are available here: http://www.surgery.wisc.edu/research/publication/1341 ) But if you read more … Continue reading

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Lively and life-affirming conversations

These conversations turning about end of life caring are lively and life-affirming; these conversations are fun when you get them going; the essence of courage is to take a breath and ask people to converse; the essence of conversation, these … Continue reading

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