Category Archives: Eldering

Your mind can grow in flexibility as you age

Your mind can grow in flexibility as you age. You can see new things. You can think new thoughts. You can open a new trailhead. :- Doug.

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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.

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while wisdom goes on from there

To know and to know we know is homo sapiens sapiens to be proud of this is ego and stops our development while wisdom goes on from there :- Doug.

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To be alive is to participate

To be alive is to participate …in another’s life :- Doug.

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Participating in lives

It’s more important for me as a lawyer to participate in my clients’ lives than to carry to them a message. :- 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.

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The smell of baking cookies

At end of life what’s most meaningful is what carries most life—it often revolves around creature comforts. Things like the smell of baking cookies, the touch of a gentle person, someone lying next to you, the kiss of your dog, … Continue reading

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If you cannot go back

If you cannot go back to your former self (as if life ever goes back), what kind of outcomes do you want? Do you want to concentrate on your life or your medical treatments? On your family? On your preferred … Continue reading

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Then, in late years

We spend a lifetime building up a career. Then, in late years, we ourselves be ourselves. We find ourselves free. We find our selves. Sometimes it happens! Just for now! :- Doug.

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As long as I can

So as long as I can use (and sometimes give) my true gift, I want to, I need to. :- Doug.

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we age

Subtle our edges we age, airs inter-flowing permeable…big :- Doug.

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Dear young grandchild of mine:

Dear young grandchild of mine, what do you see when you watch yourself? How do you move through life—quickly, questioningly, thoughtfully? :- Doug.

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How many years?

How many years in my life is less important than how many of those are meaningful. I get to define meaningful. Of course, I would like more meaningful years. :- Doug.

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Why do you want to retire?

Why do you want to retire? Some people retire because they find no or little meaning in their jobs. :- Doug.

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The most meaning?

What areas of your life hold for you the most meaning? :- Doug.

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Neighborhood playground asks

A neighborhood playground asks the question: what marks the edge of “home?” :- Doug.

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