Category Archives: Death and living while dying
When Dad’s body falls apart
When Dad’s body falls apart and his soul is gathering in is this family a roomful of strangers or will we stitch together our hearts? :- Doug.
Hospice earlier than 7 days before?
Why would we want hospice earlier than 7 days before we die? Why would we want to live well our last months? It’s not about making comfortable, it’s about living truth whole. :- Doug.
Setting out on a journey
Setting out on a journey we soon need the best of each traveler and each somehow exceeds capability :- Doug.
Why do you want to live?
Why do you want to live? That’s not as callous as it seems. What would you do in the extra hour you have not done in the last one? :- Doug.
Life is large enough to hold death
Life is large enough to hold death Conversation is large enough to hold polarity Maybe they are mutually embracing :- Doug.
As if sadness
We ask “What’s wrong?” As if sadness were wrong :- Doug.
First, let life through
First, let life through. :- Doug.
We grow in humanness as we age
We grow in humanness as we age and that only by way of being softened To become wise is to become vulnerable the older we get the more drops away life takes this is the school of aging and the … Continue reading →
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maps of the territory
I have maps of the territory and can act as your guide. :- Doug.
What about the end of life conversation draws you?
What is about the end of life conversation that draws you? How does it draw—picture—re-vision—you? :- Doug.
It’s Dad
It’s Dad It’s family We’re gathered for :- Doug.
Cure or comfort, how can we know?
How can we in the early 21st Century know when to go from cure to comfort? Or should we like water, like life, gradually flow? Can we, ought we, make such a distinction? Ought we seek to give comfort whenever … Continue reading →
Getting through
For the doctor the purpose is getting through the difficult conversation. For the healer, the purpose is in the getting through. :- Doug.
There may be miracles
There may be miracles, and there are no 1,000-year old humans. :- Doug.
Alive when you die?
Will you be alive when you die? :- Doug.
Engaged with one another
Encouraging the end of life conversation is an entry point, but the vision is bigger: Conversation on a rarer plane, made more common. Rare and common are not opposites but refer to qualities of the conversation. People thinking to converse … Continue reading →
Business people sometimes
Business people sometimes As children caring for aging parents Act as if the song Did not need an ending :- Doug.
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