Category Archives: Dreams

Do, do, do

Posted on November 2, 2015 by dgermann

If we want to do, do, do, sometimes all we do is do-do. :- Doug.

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My hero’s journey?

Posted on September 5, 2015 by dgermann

Of what does my hero’s journey so far consist? What were the tests, the lessons? What the supreme test and what the message to bring back to the community? These will take reflection—thought alone will not suffice. :- Doug.

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Where’s the poetry?

Posted on July 29, 2015 by dgermann

Where’s the poetry in this? :- Doug.

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always larger

Posted on July 23, 2015 by dgermann

There is a larger way of looking at this. :- Doug.

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This is where you can

Posted on April 19, 2015 by dgermann

This is where you can let through your humanity—your kindness—the best self you ever thought you could be. :- Doug.

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The dream converses

Posted on February 3, 2015 by dgermann

The dream converses. :- Doug.

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Elders in crisis

Posted on January 23, 2015 by dgermann

Elders in crisis and I work on reflection and heart matters. :- Doug.

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the long conference

Posted on December 29, 2014 by dgermann

My forte is the long conference. It is important to me to know people, to absorb one another. :- Doug.

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Do you picture yourself

Posted on December 16, 2014 by dgermann

Do you picture yourself again running a marathon, walking the entire grocery store, babysitting the grandchildren for a week? What is your most realistic recovery? :- Doug.

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Thinking forward in long-term health progressions

Posted on October 12, 2014 by dgermann

Thinking forward, thinking backward: how does this apply to families in long-term health progressions? Backward has its uses—what we have done for one another, how we have loved one another. Forward thinking takes us through observation and construction of the … Continue reading →

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a breakthrough in legal practice

Posted on August 16, 2014 by dgermann

This might just mean that a breakthrough in legal practice will emerge. It certainly cannot if we do not do the experiment. The opportunity is here as well as out there. From here the community can grow. Community is beyond … Continue reading →

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This can be a good thing

Posted on July 13, 2014 by dgermann

This can be a good thing. :- Doug.

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bury the dull

Posted on June 16, 2014 by dgermann

Attend your fire let the dull bury the dull :- Doug.

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At this end of your life?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by dgermann

What is the work you need to do at this end of your life?   Give or receive forgiveness   Say I love you   Thank   Say good-bye   Complete a relationship   Complete a work   Give a … Continue reading →

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To a dying client and her daughter

Posted on November 25, 2013 by dgermann

To a dying client and her daughter— What are you savoring of your presence to each other, your together-events? :- Doug.

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It’s justice for life

Posted on November 20, 2013 by dgermann

It’s justice I’m after a word spoken of lawyers whispered by lawyers only in their dreams shouted by the souls of us —all of us— approaching death It’s justice for life and the living of it :- Doug.

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the story that holds them all

Posted on November 11, 2013 by dgermann

Story comes through conversing. Story uses conversation to weave movement, indeed to weave itself. We meet: we make a story together. The story is us, and the story is you and the story is me. We create each of these … Continue reading →

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