Category Archives: Eldering

he-he

Posted on March 8, 2015 by dgermann

Every time you and your wife interact, you are a different you, she a different she-she and you a different he-he. :- Doug.

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open and trade

Posted on March 6, 2015 by dgermann

What I open is my heart What I trade is my story :- Doug.

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From my tree stand

Posted on March 6, 2015 by dgermann

From my tree stand I photograph what goes on just below how you—we—enculturated enculturating treat those a few years ahead of us in line :- Doug.

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Now I don’t matter I don’t care I don’t know the difference Your actions speak Even in Now My individuality matters I am not a thing Grist for your mill A task in your list I am A person Who … Continue reading →

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Elderly is a dismissal;

Posted on March 5, 2015 by dgermann

Elderly is a dismissal; Elder is a term of respect, reverence, veneration :- Doug.

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Do not take from me a gentle death

Posted on March 4, 2015 by dgermann

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.

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Do no harm

Posted on March 4, 2015 by dgermann

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 →

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Life will inevitably advance

Posted on March 2, 2015 by dgermann

Life will inevitably advance How to you want to live Then? :- Doug.

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frame your life?

Posted on March 1, 2015 by dgermann

Since every chapter reframes everything before how will you have your death frame your life? :- Doug.

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This morning I did not want to call

Posted on March 1, 2015 by dgermann

This morning I did not want to call a certain person. “It will take care of itself” I thought. But I forced myself to call. This conversation I need to initiate. Things will not get better if we ignore each … Continue reading →

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Meditating or shoveling snow

Posted on February 28, 2015 by dgermann

Meditating or shoveling snow, sleeping, eating, talking with another, or to myself: all this, all there is, is holy, is doing the Work, the Living, the Loving, the flow of the between. That is enough. That is all there is. … Continue reading →

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a useful metaphor?

Posted on February 28, 2015 by dgermann

I do not suspect this apprehends all in its essence, but I do ask if I have made a valid or at least useful metaphor. It seems it has promise. If I am seeing something useful, then we do not … Continue reading →

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meet

Posted on February 28, 2015 by dgermann

To meet is meat and meet :- Doug.

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Miller Trust

Posted on February 27, 2015 by dgermann

Miller Trust: MT stands for “void of reason.” :- Doug.

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Beyond shoulder’s range

Posted on February 27, 2015 by dgermann

Beyond shoulder’s range Hearing funeral sobs We weep Distance immaterial To touch :- Doug.

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Inside out

Posted on February 27, 2015 by dgermann

Inside out what if we were? What we see outside is really the inside of everything? Or when we see something far away it may be close as the other side of our skin? What we see as limits might … Continue reading →