Category Archives: Death and living while dying
There comes a now
There comes a now For me to give up cure And work on healing. :- Doug.
Then comes another
What results are ever final? Then comes another season. :- Doug.
What is the courage?
What is the courage it takes to sit with a dying person? And what is our calming about? Are we aiding them? How can we know? We know because it is the human thing we do; it arises out of … Continue reading →
It’s OK
It’s OK I don’t know if it’s OK I love you Calming you Calming me It’s OK As someone left After you Accompanying Only so far Do I say it For me? It’s OK :- Doug.
at last
Live well at last. :- Doug.
We have seasons
We have seasons We pass through them Or they pass through us No matter which Now we are faced with this Non ease which will end us Compel us in snowy cold To remove our garment of skin and hair … Continue reading →
For others, for others
This dying might be your now To do your highest Work For others, for others Only in the For For you :- Doug.
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Live live your death
Live live your death Not merely comfort: Meaning :- Doug.
Die a death fitting for your living
This chapter can reframe All the rest Die a death fitting for your living This is the Work Here your spirit shows through Now you teach now you learn Up you might go as you away This can be your … Continue reading →
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How long do you want to die?
How long do you want to die? Should your final illness and suffering last 3 hours, 3 days, 3 months? What if your level of pain were 3, 7, or 10? How long if the level of suffering for your … Continue reading →
he-he
Every time you and your wife interact, you are a different you, she a different she-she and you a different he-he. :- Doug.
Will I be relevant to me?
Will I be relevant to me? A year or two from now? A step or two down my road? :- Doug.
Her way
Her way—what are her ways? How can we honor that when she’s dying? :- Doug.
Why is ventilator hell?
Why is ventilator hell? :- Doug.
Do not take from me a gentle death
Do not take from me a gentle death, a fighting death, whatever death is mine. This is a human rights issue, a human issue. :- Doug.
Do no harm
How our way of thinking, seeing everything in numbers and statistics and Dollars, fearing face to face, forcing people to have so many patients they cannot find out who they are, is causing suffering and wrong deaths! We can meet … Continue reading →
What life are we doing everything to keep going?
What life are we doing everything to keep going? The tubes and technology and drug-induced grogginess, interacting with new strangers every few hours? Or the most profound days of our lives? What can we do to make the latter? :- … Continue reading →