Why would we want hospice earlier than 7 days before we die? Why would we want to live well our last months? It’s not about making comfortable, it’s about living truth whole. :- Doug.

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I do this law work All this writing and calculating And touching the world So I might speak With people gathered And write My poetry To lead My people out To invite The True, Beautiful and Good :- Doug.

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Exploring, playing, teasing, sweating

Posted on June 3, 2014 by dgermann

Exploring, playing, teasing, sweating This human, this lawyer shifts the shape of our story Shifts the direction of our family :- Doug.

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Shifting the shape of the story

Posted on June 2, 2014 by dgermann

Their story retold The family unfold Shifting the shape of the story Shifts the shape of the world Story is us :- Doug.

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This quilt is made of story

Posted on June 1, 2014 by dgermann

This quilt is made of story One story many patches O that glimpses were larger A few wrinkles smoothed Our stories retold Our family unfold Shifting the shape of our story Is the core of The healer, the human, The … Continue reading →

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Keep grinding away at your nose

Posted on May 27, 2014 by dgermann

You can keep grinding away at your nose till finally your brain is worn away. :- Doug.

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Get wiser together

Posted on May 27, 2014 by dgermann

Come, let us sit and get wiser together. :- Doug.

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serious attention to our ripening

Posted on May 26, 2014 by dgermann

It is absolutely necessary —our society needs us to work on what only we only now can find and create— to devote serious attention to our ripening in aging —and in dying :- Doug.

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to age until we are almost invisible

Posted on May 25, 2014 by dgermann

As we age we might just become subtle ever more subtle until we are almost invisible about 3 years later we die but subtlety is fun so we should still seek it :- Doug.

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let’s try this on again

Posted on May 23, 2014 by dgermann

A heart available vulnerable lost let’s try this on again :- Doug.

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When I’m 95

Posted on May 21, 2014 by dgermann

In every way that matters When I’m 95 When you’re 95 We will see In every way that matters We are just like each other Let’s start now :- Doug.

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Among us

Posted on May 18, 2014 by dgermann

Among us wholeness moves Totally present Absolutely invisible :- Doug.

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Last night this question wrestled with me:

Posted on May 13, 2014 by dgermann

Last night this question wrestled with me: how do we care for people, do we really need so much nursing home, are we trying to hold back the sea with our hands? In different words, when do we let go, … Continue reading →

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The crisis can be good

Posted on May 11, 2014 by dgermann

The crisis can be good. The crisis in health care of which we are only now catching contours—the slashed budgets, the cost containments—can be good. Someone might (unexpectedly—really?) ask, What are we actually about? Is the only way through, more … Continue reading →

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