Monthly Archives: September 2016
A common path
Eldering gives us a common path leading to a one-way threshold, and we do not all stop by the same stations on the way. There is no wisdom that all harvest. Some attend, some engage along the way, some roll … Continue reading
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It’s not that aging
It’s not that aging takes us only and inevitably to eldering; choice, chance, and predisposition play roles. :- Doug.
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Elders go where the rest cannot
Elders go where the rest of us cannot go, a liminal land leading across an inevitable threshold. Each person has a particular and yet universal path: some explore light, some shadow, some body, emotions, fun, imagination, everything human divine. Leading … Continue reading
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Break from social norms and run
Some older folks are able to break from social norms and run for self disclosure and innocence. Like we might do on vacation, talking to strangers. Freedom, humanity. Freedom from pretending, human vulnerability to opening. :- Doug.
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Can we take seriously our grandchildren?
Can we take seriously ourselves, our grandchildren, life, & love? :- Doug.
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& galaxies of boys & girls & fishes & fjords
Tell your grandchildren your story, our story the one story of stardust & galaxies of stars & galaxies of livers, stomachs, & legs & galaxies of boys & girls & fishes & fjords & galaxies still to be birthed :- … Continue reading
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Let our wisdom tell
Let us our wisdom tell Deep and true sounding :- Doug.
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Beyond waiting?
What is going on In eldering? Something beyond waiting? :- Doug.
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