our people increase caring
What have our people done to increase caring? Tell us our stories….
:- Doug.
Archive for July 9th, 2015
The work you have to do
The work you have to do
Is why you want to
Converse now
For decisions they make
May decide what you yet can do
:- Doug.
Conversing does not need people
Conversing does not need people
Talking favorably about conversing
Only talking about conversing
:- Doug.
You’ll probably know before your doctors
You’ll probably know before your doctors
Before your family will say anything
Now, before you cannot
Things to do
Last and best gifts
Lessons to share
Hugs to give
Provide for family
Make sense of it all
Forgivenesses, good-byes
Thank yous
Make peace
End well your story
:- Doug.
our last loving
Death for most of us
No big ta-da!
Expect only a sigh
How prepare to give our last loving?
What blessings give?
What whole-making words and hugs?
What messages?
What send-ons for our family?
:- Doug.
stories matter most
In end of life, stories matter and matter most. In stories, what matters is the ending. Here in life we never know ending. More importantly we can make choices of how our chapter ends, how it prefigures the next.
:- Doug.
probably never will be
Hope and fear are two faces of what are not and probably never will be. Courage is the third face: to act in the teeth of both.
:- Doug.
