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The generative field is a way to see God.

:- Doug.

When you accept an invitation and neither the meal nor the words are nourishing, it is your duty to leave.

:- Doug.

You have no right that
someone agree with you
You have an obligation
Moreover to hear him or her

:- Doug.

There is in enacting the good
Especially in doing so repeatedly
Grave risk

:- Doug.

Small groups, long conversations, and deep: where transformation happens.

:- Doug.

Why are our conversations so often about surface things? Are we afraid of disclosing things that really matter?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1483

Bigger is not always better, I learned from a kidney stone.

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It’s really reflection and heart work, even though on the surface we are talking about nursing homes, Medicaid, and end of life decisions.

:- Doug.

My work is with elders in crisis. My work is with reflection and heart, truth and beauty, family and what matters. People caring for people in a nursing home setting. In an end of life setting. Crisis does name nursing home and end of life. Elders implies reflection and love. Heart.

:- Doug.

Testing wording to describe our work is a matter of prototyping. Seen that way, we do not need to have it exact, and continuing to work on it is noble work.

:- Doug.

Blocks in conversation will not be overcome by turning away. Seeing ourselves as listeners, then hearers, then explorers hold promise.

:- Doug.

I will give you news you already know: Mom is going to die. Now, what can we make of the next months and years?

:- Doug.

Presence can be read as about elder crises.

:- Doug.

The direction of reflection
Is towards gestures
Interweaving

:- Doug.

Reflection is the work of a lifetime.

:- Doug.

Reflection matters. Heart matters.

:- Doug.

Elders in crisis and I work on reflection and heart matters.

:- Doug.

Notice that several of you have come together. What can that mean for you?

:- Doug.

What is this chapter of life about? What good can you make of the nursing home?

:- Doug.

This is aspirational. Involves families and long-term care.

:- Doug.

I help elders do reflective and heart work.

:- Doug.

Healing, hearing and heart

:- Doug.

I work with our elders for truth, beauty and goodness.

:- Doug.