Category Archives: Eldering

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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The question of living while we’re dying is one of living with uncertainty in the extreme. We don’t know what the next test or procedure will produce, but can we not live and love as if this were the day … Continue reading →

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Unless we so clench our teeth

Posted on December 27, 2014 by dgermann

There is nothing wrong with looking for minuscule possibilities of extending life or regaining health. Unless we so clench our teeth we do not live our lives now as fully as ever we can. :- Doug.

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Even that

Posted on December 25, 2014 by dgermann

Even that Let go :- Doug.

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going where we are helpless

Posted on December 24, 2014 by dgermann

Our best humanity is found in going where we are helpless. :- Doug.

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Last words:

Posted on December 18, 2014 by dgermann

Last words: write a few for a favorite comedian or cartoon character. Then write some for yourself. :- Doug.

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Ars moriendi:

Posted on December 18, 2014 by dgermann

Ars moriendi: Art of the ends :- Doug.

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Don’t make your doctor your enemy

Posted on December 15, 2014 by dgermann

Don’t make your doctor your enemy—enlist your doctor to do what you want. :- Doug.

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Death happens

Posted on December 15, 2014 by dgermann

Death happens Get ready :- Doug.

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Why at the end of life do we make poor decisions?

Posted on December 12, 2014 by dgermann

Why at end of life do we make poor decisions? There are several issues interrelated: 1. we don’t anymore know when someone is dying; 2. we want to hang on to life, but we have not thought about what living … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer’s is not a solitary disease

Posted on December 10, 2014 by dgermann

Alzheimer’s is not a solitary disease It is the dis-ease of being made solitary :- Doug.

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Love is not normal

Posted on December 8, 2014 by dgermann

Love is not normal Love is not comfortable Until you dare :- Doug.

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People with people

Posted on December 7, 2014 by dgermann

People with people working on caring for one another we are. :- Doug.

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My dream a world conversing

Posted on December 5, 2014 by dgermann

My dream a world conversing And look! It’s working! Traffic flows on streets and highways Business and government intermix Flowing around each other Ambulances, police, fire All one people helping people, loving Conversing :- Doug.

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Life converses or it dies

Posted on December 4, 2014 by dgermann

Life converses or it dies. Give us a living being to care for and we flourish. :- Doug.

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Beyond reverence for life

Posted on December 3, 2014 by dgermann

Beyond reverence for life, engage life. Put life into conversation with itself. :- Doug.

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If you want to grow happier, grow older

Posted on December 1, 2014 by dgermann

If you want to grow happier, grow older. Or at least have a near-life experience. :- Doug.

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