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What might we mean
By Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Today?

:- Doug.

Between us
Here-now
Is the center
Of all

:- Doug.

This messy, complex,
Knotted meeting
Feels like a fry pan
Something larger
Than my recipe
Is being cooked up
There is heat
We are mere
Ingredients
And a whole lot of
Stirring’s going on!

:- Doug.

Why would we want hospice earlier than 7 days before we die? Why would we want to live well our last months? It’s not about making comfortable, it’s about living truth whole.

:- Doug.

Each of the 5 ½ ways to gather caring for our elders has its limitations:
½) Veteran’s Administration is good for assisted living, not much help with nursing facilities;
1) Family marshaling their resources and love is low cash cost, high personal and relationship cost and rewards; some things family members cannot do without learning new skills, leaving careers, acquiring expensive equipment; sometimes those things can get in the way of the living the family needs to be doing;
2) Own pocket: our wallets can run out;
3) Long-Term Care Insurance: sometimes this wallet can run out, too, or lapse because of inadvertence;
4) Medicaid: requires a giving up of resources and a semi-private room and finances, each of which can be a burden or a blessing;
5) Family Responsibility: unexpected liability can be distressing, and it could send us cycling back through the other options above.

:- Doug.

Accept that which comes to you
That which comes out of you
Sing with clear and strong voice
Its profundity
As you hear it today

:- Doug.

I’m listening to
The multi-channel
Divine human waves awashing

:- Doug.

Stretch us
Together!

:- Doug.

Who are the butterflies among us?
The ones who have plodded
Been eaten alive in the muddle
—a fire of its own sort—
Become beautiful
& able to fly
& do great service for all
All seeing, far seeing
But for a fleeting moment
Behind them a trail lively

:- Doug.

See:
gather the butterflies
& we get flowers and fruit!

:- Doug.