Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness

It will take all of us

Posted on August 11, 2013 by dgermann

It will take all of us to love the whole of us. :- Doug.

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Within your family celebrate your differences from these you find newness you create Within your family celebrate your likenesses you are more alike than different from these you can touch each other be touched Within your family blood & beyond … Continue reading →

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I see families gathering

Posted on August 7, 2013 by dgermann

I see families gathering around their elders, caring for one another. :- Doug.

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A life of conversation looks like this:

Posted on August 6, 2013 by dgermann

A life of conversation looks like this: Grandchildren one on one and in circles. Family gathering. One on one with the family of humankind, whomever we meet out and about. Inviting something deeper in conferences. Spirit flowing and ebbing among … Continue reading →

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Not yours, not hers

Posted on July 31, 2013 by dgermann

Not yours, not hers let me die my death Not hers, not yours let me do my work :- Doug.

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When I water my garden

Posted on July 31, 2013 by dgermann

When I water my garden, I am moving water around: from too deep for the plants to benefit, to the top where it percolates through their roots and back again. Flowing and returning like love. :- Doug.

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Gather our human family

Posted on July 30, 2013 by dgermann

We gather our human family to care for one another. :- Doug.

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What is the meaning of person as person?

Posted on July 29, 2013 by dgermann

What is the meaning of person as person? If we are an onion, when we peel down, who are we? Maybe we are the intersection of all others in our life. A meeting of fields. Einstein: All there is is … Continue reading →

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Some say death

Posted on July 28, 2013 by dgermann

Some say death is an individual thing. I think otherwise—we cannot extirpate person from his or her ground. Family is a flexible idea, including all who profoundly touch and are touched by the person. :- Doug.

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A profound opportunity in death

Posted on July 26, 2013 by dgermann

A profound reason I invite folks to hear each other about approaching death is the opportunity that death gives us all to grow. I don’t want people robbed of their completion. :- Doug.

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The day comes & the day goes

Posted on July 25, 2013 by dgermann

The day comes & the day goes Is it a conduit for my life Or am I conduit for the day? :- Doug.

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Burden is a way of saying

Posted on July 22, 2013 by dgermann

Burden is a way of saying “Poor, poor me,” of asking for help to see one’s worth now. A person who seeks help still has worth, is still a person. :- Doug.

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There is only one

Posted on July 17, 2013 by dgermann

Share the heart There is only one We know, we know :- Doug.

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Traces of the whole

Posted on July 14, 2013 by dgermann

Traces of the whole in each part Too the other way round Work to see & skill In you & me & today our traces :- Doug.

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Sand our fingertips

Posted on July 13, 2013 by dgermann

The way we make this the best place to die is to sand our fingertips: to develop our sensitivity to people and their way of dying. Our compassion. We put ourselves in their shoes—won’t we get there someday, too? How … Continue reading →

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an occasion worth celebrating

Posted on July 11, 2013 by dgermann

This is an occasion worth celebrating this drinking water over breakfast together :- Doug.