Maybe in younger years we rightly sought to accumulate; now that is no longer appropriate, and was always pretty narrow. Startled we find growing comes from shedding. :- Doug.

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Accumulating all our lives

Posted on April 23, 2014 by dgermann

Accumulating all our lives —family money skills— lately our task becomes releasing now with joy the larger lessons :- Doug.

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We grow in humanness as we age

Posted on April 22, 2014 by dgermann

We grow in humanness as we age and that only by way of being softened To become wise is to become vulnerable the older we get the more drops away life takes this is the school of aging and the … Continue reading →

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maps of the territory

Posted on April 13, 2014 by dgermann

I have maps of the territory and can act as your guide. :- Doug.

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One center, one understanding, one overall direction

Posted on April 11, 2014 by dgermann

What is is about my elder caring work? I like having answers, but I like more helping people find their own ways through, bringing the family to one center, one understanding, one overall direction. :- Doug.

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Find themselves wise?

Posted on April 10, 2014 by dgermann

I like being able to solve problems others cannot, to have a tool (trick?) bag others lack, and being seen as the valuable one. But am I thus giving less value than wisdom? Put another way, would give more value … Continue reading →

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What about the end of life conversation draws you?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by dgermann

What is about the end of life conversation that draws you? How does it draw—picture—re-vision—you? :- Doug.

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Alive when you die?

Posted on March 19, 2014 by dgermann

Will you be alive when you die? :- Doug.

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Bringing living

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dgermann

What living can we bring to later years? :- Doug.

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Ways of living the later years

Posted on March 17, 2014 by dgermann

Let’s invent ways of living in the later years. :- Doug.

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Engaged with one another

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dgermann

Encouraging the end of life conversation is an entry point, but the vision is bigger: Conversation on a rarer plane, made more common. Rare and common are not opposites but refer to qualities of the conversation. People thinking to converse … Continue reading →

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What conversations bring Daddy alive?

Posted on March 9, 2014 by dgermann

What conversations bring Daddy alive? :- Doug.

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Butterflies in the practice of elder caring law?

Posted on March 6, 2014 by dgermann

Butterflies in the practice of elder caring law? Gather the parents, gather the children, find the flowers, do what we can. We ought find and nurture the good stuff, the life we are still living. Together. :- Doug.

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