Category Archives: Eldering

have here is a failure to

Posted on March 30, 2015 by dgermann

What we have here is a failure to imaginate. :- Doug.

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Focus on living

Posted on March 29, 2015 by dgermann

Focus on living, not on limits, pain, dying, what you have lost or are losing. :- Doug.

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make dying good

Posted on March 28, 2015 by dgermann

In what ways have you seen people make their dying good? :- Doug.

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this time is profound

Posted on March 27, 2015 by dgermann

What have you seen around dying that’s profound? :- Doug.

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this time is sacred

Posted on March 27, 2015 by dgermann

What have you witnessed that showed you the time of dying is sacred? :- Doug.

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Is it about how long you live

Posted on March 17, 2015 by dgermann

Is it about how long you live Or how much you live? How would you make your days Full of life? Some prefer quantity because they Can’t imagine How to fill days with life :- Doug.

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There comes a now

Posted on March 16, 2015 by dgermann

There comes a now For me to give up cure And work on healing. :- Doug.

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important to us

Posted on March 14, 2015 by dgermann

We need to do what is important to us. :- Doug.

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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 →

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at last

Posted on March 12, 2015 by dgermann

Live well at last. :- Doug.

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As my grandchildren mature

Posted on March 12, 2015 by dgermann

As my grandchildren mature my stories need to change to deepen :- Doug.

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We have seasons

Posted on March 11, 2015 by dgermann

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 →

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For others, for others

Posted on March 10, 2015 by dgermann

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

Posted on March 10, 2015 by dgermann

Live live your death Not merely comfort: Meaning :- Doug.

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Die a death fitting for your living

Posted on March 9, 2015 by dgermann

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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caring for one another

Posted on March 9, 2015 by dgermann

When it comes to end of life caring for one another, let us preempt the culture. :- Doug.

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We do not have courage to love

Posted on March 8, 2015 by dgermann

We do not have the courage to love. We do not know how to find the courage to love. You work in a nursing home. You are not a manager. You want to be caring to those you are given … Continue reading →

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