Category Archives: Family
You have no right that
You have no right that someone agree with you You have an obligation Moreover to hear him or her :- Doug.
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Why are conversations so often about surface things?
Why are our conversations so often about surface things? Are we afraid of disclosing things that really matter? :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Blocks in conversation
Blocks in conversation will not be overcome by turning away. Seeing ourselves as listeners, then hearers, then explorers hold promise. :- Doug.
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Elders in crisis
Elders in crisis and I work on reflection and heart matters. :- Doug.
Notice who all came
Notice that several of you have come together. What can that mean for you? :- Doug.
This is aspirational
This is aspirational. Involves families and long-term care. :- Doug.
sometimes feels like magic:
What we do sometimes feels to me like magic: we can get Dad the care he needs in the nursing home; we can see that Mom is able to stay in her home; and we can help gather the family. … Continue reading
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Stop before you have said
Stop before you have said :- Doug.
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Can I accept compassion?
Can I accept compassion? :- Doug.
Hear me, O hear me!
Hear me, O hear me! Into agreement One minute in a circle Let us hear What each needs To have heard Love pain grief & laughter :- Doug.
Posted in Family, Grieving, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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What is the possible story?
What is the possible story of this people? :- Doug.
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mystery draws us
In conversation it is mystery not mastery that draws us together—shared spontaneity, creativity, synergy, tears, laughter—and ultimately intimate vulnerability. :- Doug.
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though it produces no effects
Converse though it produces no effects Conversing is love expended The only needed reason to engage :- Doug.
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We can, we must
We can, we must. We are the only ones we’ve got. :- Doug.
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