Category Archives: Family

Too early–so far–not yet

Let us use phrases like too early—so far—not yet. It is compassionate. It says there is more good to come, more good for us to find. Together. :- Doug.

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Rest reflect renew

Rest reflect renew :- Doug.

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When someone is dying

When someone is dying There’s a land out beyond hope Where help & despair & hope & love & all the rest Can meet We can do one next right thing Even if the right thing Cannot be known :- … Continue reading

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Something to give us

People in need have something to give us. All people have something for others. :- Doug.

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it will take all of us together

The world is complex and to live well within it will take all of us together. :- Doug.

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Wills are snowflakes

You want a commodity Will: That is not the kind of Will I do, and no one does well for you who does that. Every Will is for a particular person. The Wills of Husbands and Wives always mean different … Continue reading

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What do we want to create together?

What do we want to create together? In this community, and around the question of end of life caring conversations? :- Doug.

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pouring out

In the work we do each day, To the people around us, We each pour out our lives :- Doug.

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Uncertainty

Uncertainty is all we have :- Doug.

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The only thing necessary:

Sitting with you. That is all that seems necessary at this moment. :- Doug.

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As explorers and discoverers

As explorers and discoverers let us engage each other What is possible? What do we not know if…? :- Doug.

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Capable of great depth

Even your family is capable of great depth. :- Doug.

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Looking or digging?

It depends upon that for which you are looking, doesn’t it? If you are looking for differences with another, they are easy to find. We are truly more alike than different, but with our habit of looking for distinctions, it … Continue reading

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The higher heart

The higher heart in this person seek out speak here :- Doug.

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Better is together

The only way we make things better is together. :- Doug.

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Home is the place

Home is the place where especially we the broken can be accepted as whole and as the best the world owns. home is whole-making is home :- Doug.

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The important thing is a story

The important thing is a story. Even in meeting, what is important is the story: the story we learn of the other, the story we make together. Story is of action, and of meaning, and of courage for the hearer … Continue reading

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