Category Archives: Family
This morning I did not want to call
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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meet
To meet is meat and meet :- Doug.
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synonyms
Love, share, meet: synonyms. :- Doug.
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Diving in
Diving in is meeting is diving in :- Doug.
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Invitation
I tend toward anger when my heart is not received. Strange! I should tend toward compassion. Compassion for the other. Compassion for my own soul wanting to feel and express anger over the hurt. It is OK to fight, I … Continue reading
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Grandpa in a pile of kids
This Grandpa loves to get on the floor in a pile with kids and tickle, wrestle, hug. Unknown to any of us—certainly to me for many years—there is here a message. We are one. We are. There is joy here. … Continue reading
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Own anything you want
Own anything you want in your Will you can! & then give it away to whomever you wish! Give the White House to your garbage collector the moon to President Lincoln to your children the entire saved-from-your-lifetime contents of your … Continue reading
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In poetic law
In poetic law, we not only do but ponder: in gifts and donees we see meaning; beyond Dollars and numbers love. We look among the trees and find forests & paths & sunlit openings. In streams flowing we find future … Continue reading
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can we trust
can we trust one another to meet all our needs? :- Doug.
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get very very still and see what happens
Let’s get very very still and see what happens. In our family, our circle, our our. :- Doug.
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the only ones
We are the only ones who can make this family function :- Doug.
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these are foundational to our family flourishing
Let’s attend the quality of our being and of our inter-relating. These are foundational to our family flourishing. :- Doug.
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as we are
We see our family and the nursing home not as it is but as we are. :- Doug.
more effective in our family?
How can we become more effective in our family inter-relating on behalf of our elders—and our family as a whole? :- Doug.
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