Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

Two is divisive

Posted on August 11, 2015 by dgermann

Two is divisive. :- Doug.

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Dance your jig

Posted on August 9, 2015 by dgermann

Dance your jig till the band goes home. :- Doug.

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Life life

Posted on August 8, 2015 by dgermann

What makes life life if you have to spend some of your days in a nursing home? :- Doug.

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We’re tightly wound A ribbon of DNA Inside the inside of the heart Of an egg At any point we can choose Wind tightly (We hope to keep the fear out) Or open (To let the love out—and in) Someday … Continue reading →

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Death is a passage

Posted on August 6, 2015 by dgermann

Death is a passage Through an orchard There are fruits There are tangled parts Where few have been Orchards are part Human intervention Part natural processes Over yonder is the house Where I used to live On the other side … Continue reading →

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In need of dying

Posted on August 5, 2015 by dgermann

I want to die kindly with others hearing me. I cannot give you any hard and fast rules. Just: be kind; be gentle; be loving; be wrapped in my love. I want you to converse together—you who love me, you … Continue reading →

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5-year old stole the show

Posted on August 2, 2015 by dgermann

Last night at a stage play, the actor at the drive-in movie said to his girl friend “Nobody’s watching.” A 5-year old girl in the audience stole the show calling out “I am!” :- Doug.

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“I might run out”

Posted on August 1, 2015 by dgermann

When you’re sick and see your end approaching, money doesn’t buy you much—except fear. “I might run out.” It matters not how much you have. People with money sometimes fear more. Money and fear go hand in hand. :- Doug.

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Where’s the poetry?

Posted on July 29, 2015 by dgermann

Where’s the poetry in this? :- Doug.

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Sign I’d like to have people see

Posted on July 26, 2015 by dgermann

Sign to see on every elderly person in a nursing home: “Ask me what I prefer.” :- Doug.

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The baby coos and gurgles

Posted on July 25, 2015 by dgermann

The baby coos and gurgles We smile The old man coos and gurgles We cringe For one we have been there And know what joys lie ahead For the other we fear we may know Something else that is ahead … Continue reading →

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Pattern of the whole cloth

Posted on July 24, 2015 by dgermann

How we mend the world is through the stitches of conversation. One at a time, this piece rejoins that, and we begin to see the pattern of the whole cloth. :- Doug.

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My mind could go away

Posted on July 24, 2015 by dgermann

My mind could go away, as in Alzheimer’s for instance. My ability to write, to think, to pray, to meditate. And then would I not be meditating all day, just being present to what was happening inside and out? :- … Continue reading →

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You maybe want to talk

Posted on July 23, 2015 by dgermann

You maybe want to talk about people who have died, or deaths you have witnessed, or medical care, or vivere dum mori (live while you are dying). :- Doug.

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always larger

Posted on July 23, 2015 by dgermann

There is a larger way of looking at this. :- Doug.

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You must vindicate me

Posted on July 22, 2015 by dgermann

You must vindicate me You must show what I say You are the promise of me :- Doug.

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each good

Posted on July 22, 2015 by dgermann

Varying and each good—aha! :- Doug.

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