Category Archives: Death and living while dying
Rage?
Rage? Dying of the light? Fading? As the planet turns To face the thousand stars Blocked by the closer bit of light? :- Doug.
Mary Jo died this morning
Mary Jo died this morning another string is severed like when my parents died again and more we float free :- Doug.
In the arms of dementia
How do we find the ground material of the universe in the arms of dementia? The ground material I see as life, as meeting. We then are in the place of meeting ourselves when we no longer have a brain … Continue reading →
All the living we could have
We do not have all the living we could have in nursing homes nor in Estate Plans, nor in Wills and Trusts and Estate Administration. Nor in death. This then needs us to disorganize. :- Doug.
Let us write lists of our dying
Let us write lists of our dying Things important even significant Dare to see the larger Maybe it will be poetry Our life as poem :- Doug.
This is where you can
This is where you can let through your humanity—your kindness—the best self you ever thought you could be. :- Doug.
doing, dying?
What are people doing, dying? :- Doug.
hope of dying?
Can someone have a hope of dying? :- Doug.
Meanings of dying?
What are the meanings of dying? :- Doug.
The antidote
The antidote is about presence. :- Doug.
the dis-eases of dying?
What are the dis-eases of dying? Won’t be here Others will hurt Meaninglessness Forgotten Extreme medicalism :- Doug.
worse than not knowing what dying looks like
Worse than not knowing what dying looks like, we do not have any idea what living while dying can look like. :- Doug.
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Sacred?
Is dying sacred? :- Doug.
trajectory of your disease
Which trajectory do you see for your disease? Up, down, a bump in the road? Draw it, please. :- Doug.
What does a longer life look like?
What does a longer life look like? After this? :- Doug.
have here is a failure to
What we have here is a failure to imaginate. :- Doug.
to make it to the wedding
If you want to make it to a wedding or graduation, how? How do you want to be there? What will it look like? Will you be using a walker or in a wheelchair? In a bed with a ventilator … Continue reading →