When the beloved dies, let us be ready to ask in love: What will you miss? What did you not do you wish you had? What specific thing can you do to carry out in a larger way what you … Continue reading →

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She gave up

Posted on August 27, 2011 by dgermann

She gave up a career to care for her mother, declining but all she gave away was ambition to get the giving :- Doug.

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Wills are about this:

Posted on August 20, 2011 by dgermann

Wills are about this: how much life can your last words give? :- Doug.

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What good could 20 ordinary folks do…?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by dgermann

What good could 20 ordinary folks do together that one keep-it-for-my-own person won’t? :- Doug.

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Two gardens

Posted on August 6, 2011 by dgermann

Two gardens we are given to tend The one within our fence The one without, embracing it :- Doug.

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What are your pictures of death?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

In this country we are fixated on death, and as a bad thing. It might be whole-making. We so fear death that our only pictures are of debilitation, even when we hear stories of people dying peacefully, perhaps with families … Continue reading →

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Dragonflies

Posted on August 3, 2011 by dgermann

The sun and the wind & the dragonflies are one and sitting among all these you and I with them are one hawk wheeling above dew glittering cars with pavement singing are one tree frogs not heard but deafening remind … Continue reading →

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Starting the conversation

Posted on June 29, 2011 by dgermann

Viki Kind, one of my favorite authors has a suggestion new on my list of ways to get the conversation started with Grandma, the conversation about emergency medical and end of life decisions. It really is simple and straightforward: Get … Continue reading →

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Invading the really real

Posted on June 24, 2011 by dgermann

I am invading the really real. Law and medicine are each critical things when things get critical, yet they are side matters to every day life, and more importantly, they are side matters to living life in the really real. … Continue reading →

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Finding wholes in people

Posted on June 22, 2011 by dgermann

I want very much to find wholes in people, to help them find their wholenesses, to do their work of aging. :- Doug.

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lawyer as healer

Posted on June 22, 2011 by dgermann

A lawyer can be a technician A lawyer can be a healer If I must choose, I choose whole-tracking :- Doug.

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wisdom love & conversation

Posted on June 18, 2011 by dgermann

I am working to bring wisdom, love & conversation to law —which is the practice of healing community— emphasis not on what is dis-eased but on what can be better now :- Doug.