Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness
our riddle
our riddle touch our gossamer strands thee me the all there is especially when one of us is held in the arms of dementia: our brain shriveling away from us :- Doug.
You are really heard
You are really heard It really mattered That’s what humans do :- Doug.
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I was hurt
Perhaps approach this other person and say I was hurt. Be available. Be present. Offer and welcome. :- Doug.
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the person she or he was
She or he might not be the person she or he was, but she or he is not less than a person. :- Doug.
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Come, be heard
Come, be heard :- Doug.
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Paddle in the direction the river is going
If we concentrate on what people with Alzheimer’s are missing, on how their “condition” is affecting both of us, we stir up things for them, cause consternation, guilt, inferiority feelings and feelings of things not going rightly. But if we … Continue reading
Promise to hear
True invitation is a promise to hear. :- Doug.
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Be the love
Be the love you once thought ought belong here. :- Doug.
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You know is best
Do the thing You know is best The best of your self Beyond mere excellence That which is worth a life :- Doug.
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Lawyer: person to person practitioner
Lawyer: person to person practitioner :- Doug.
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presence
A lawyer’s stock in trade is presence. :- Doug.
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I need a soft day
I need a soft day a day to ponder, reflect, to see the tracks of the larger :- Doug.
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What has us in common?
What has us in common? :- Doug.
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Life is in service
Life is in service. How are you in loving service this next moment? :- Doug.
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