Archive for March 22nd, 2012

Father some say

Father some say
Now I hear
“We are related”

Son now says to me
“This one has qualities
We together
Are privileged to engender
When we attend and choose”

Engendering are we
Because
We are related

:- Doug.

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All day long

All day long
Birds go about eating
Squirrels do the same
We humans, too
We call it career or job
Why do we worry
When life does not?

:- Doug.

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Things to consider with my family:

Things to consider with my family:

• Whom do I have to hug? Whom do I have to call? Take a break now and call them. Tell them you love them; tell them you want to talk about these things with them.

16 Things

• When it is my time to die, where would I like to be and with whom? Who needs to know?

Proxy Quiz

• Would you want to use hospice, and when?

• Tell us a story about a good death….

• What is the toughest question this video has raised for you?

• What does hope mean to you today? What do you think it will mean in your last three days?

• Who needs to know your wishes?

• Have you been with someone when they died? Have you heard stories of people dying?

• Should we be kept alive as long as possible, no matter what?

• What are your 100 things?

• How can we prepare for death? How can we prepare our family?

• How would you know when enough is enough in medical care?

• Is this really a taboo topic, or just one that makes us uneasy?

• What would help you feel more comfortable starting this conversation with your family and doctor? (Does a video and conversation in a workshop setting help you?)

:- Doug.

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Syria–and how we move beyond

What’s going on in Syria—the bombing of innocents because someone dared to disagree—shows the clash of future with past. In spring we get storms as cold, dying winter comes up against soft warm flowering. Here we have extreme wealth and power seeing its grip being overcome by more and wider conversation spawned by new technologies in every pocket and purse. People see what’s possible—so how’re you gonna keep ’em down on the farm? The regime will change in Syria once the world sees enough to begin vomiting. How do we get beyond this sequence? May we need to help the old guard see a future and a hope for themselves.

:- Doug.

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Each death inform us so

Each death informs us so
Life is a many plaited thing
No prior answer is good for now

:- Doug.

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