Category Archives: Death and living while dying
Reflect?
When do you reflect on your life experiences? :- Doug.
Going well?
What’s going well? :- Doug.
time for
It’s time for your life. :- Doug.
What was that about?
Are you figuring out what your life was about? :- Doug.
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and beyond
My work is end of life and beyond. :- Doug.
The last control
The last control is of our own framing of our lives. :- Doug.
To see a bigger picture
To see a bigger picture, sometimes you have to draw away. :- Doug.
satisfactory, satisfying death?
What would be a satisfactory, satisfying death? Since the past can be changed by finding a different context what picture could use reframing? :- Doug.
Conflict: control and give forward
Maybe the conflict is between the need to control and the need to give forward. The resolution might be in choosing when and what to give. We are too quick to move to resolution: let us stay in this tension … Continue reading →
Of one weave with our life’s cloth
Of one weave with our life’s cloth can we make our dying? pass to family, community, and world the worth of our life? :- Doug.
Our elders deserve our respect
Our elders deserve our respect. Notice that when we age we deal with Loss and Worth, and these tightly bound in tuggle and huggle with one another. :- Doug.
Your death does not have to be a dis-ease
Your death does not have to be a dis-ease. Neutral it could be, or a good thing. :- Doug.
How do we know when to say when?
How do we know when to say when? :- Doug.
How do you start the conversation?
How do you start the conversation? Know when it’s time? Hard for you? Have an outline? :- Doug.
To be alive is to participate
To be alive is to participate …in another’s life :- Doug.
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What do you want if you are dying?
What do you want if you are dying? Which of the senses are most important to you—do you see what I am saying, hear me, are you touched by what is going on? What do you smell, can you taste … Continue reading →
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I get to openly love
Elder caring is the only field of law where I get to openly love my clients. :- Doug.