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I have felt best about my work when I sat with the man whose wife is in the nursing home and we pondered about how life changed in a stroke—literally—and how to respond to a daughter who is both in denial and meddling. And when I sit with small groups and get them to ponder about their own deaths and how they want to live up to the very last breath. And when I counsel with families about the struggles around being advocates for Mom or Dad with the nursing home staff.

Giving out my heart, even when my head does not know the answer, offering a hand.

These are larger views. I am struggling to find an even larger view, so that I can live my days contributing sacred work to a sacred world. And you?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1453

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The question that is working me these days is this: what is the larger picture of my work in the world? There is a family view, and there is a societal view. Both are larger than my little how I get the job done, how I market myself.

We all have a view like the shopkeeper’s: The world is only what is inside the walls of this shop: the inventory, the suppliers, the customers we lure in; and the sidewalk and street outside.

So we see how we do our work, and how to get more customers into our lair. But there is a larger work. There are things we seek to do because it makes the world better.

:- Doug.

I converse. That is my work: engaging people in their world for good. Specifically for Mom and Dad facing difficulties thinking, getting along, staying healthy.

:- Doug.

What have you done recently that made you feel good about your work?

:- Doug.

The effort is to engage the person in helping me reflect, and so inviting this person to reflect too.

:- Doug.

What do I do? I don’t know; I know less and less everyday. I used to try to come up with elevator speeches, but that is not me. (I am more reflective.)

:- Doug.

I am after motivations, especially highest aspirations. How do you want to see your mother treated now? What would you do if you could? What do you think your mother wants now?

:- Doug.

I’m seeking to know what I do, to see my work in the larger flow. How do I have a deeper touch on the world’s spinning?

:- Doug.

Growing up, what was your relationship to your mom? How has that developed over time?

:- Doug.

The sky is larger
With no great magician up there
And so is God

:- Doug.