Monthly Archives: February 2017
Is age simply
Is age simply a waiting to die? Is retirement for playing all day? Or maybe for non-doing something? :- Doug.
May I learn caring from you?
May I learn caring from you? :- Doug.
Itself the blessing
Life is good The living of life Itself the blessing :- Doug.
An elder can be a guardian
An elder can be a guardian of our living ancestors of our living children’s children’s children’s of tenderness, gentle gratitude of living :- Doug.
Humans are immortal
Humans are the only animal that thinks we are immortal—or ought to be :- Doug.
From oink to oink
Eldering is not about stuffing more things into the sausage: it is about seeing ourselves and the grinder and the whole sausage coiling and the entire process from oink to oink, from generation to generation, from stardust to stardust. :- … Continue reading
Aches of aging are spiritual
For some of us aches of aging are spiritual for some of us grieving and loss are exercises a chance to do this work for all of us :- Doug.
Plant a tree
If you would honor me, plant a tree for the wholeness of the next few generations. :- Doug.
Caring needs to be peculiar
Mostly, caring needs to be peculiar to the client: what they would like, what they would find nurturing. So we need to ask, need to inquire after the person. :- Doug.
One-way ticket
Eldering is a one-way ticket: we burst the bubble of ego: there is no return :- Doug.
The essence
The essence, the mystery of eldering is you must die :- Doug.
Touching one another’s lives
Touching lives. This may be what I saw when I wrote that sharing grief is humanity’s soul purpose. Touching one another’s lives. Allowing ourselves to be touched. Lives touching. Inextricably entwining. :- Doug.
head work, heart work
Care is head work; caring is heart work. :- Doug.
Little = big difference
Had a wonderful conversation with a friend yesterday: she sees she can make the world better in little ways, encouraging people to keep up work on their dreams. She talked with a medical intern who was depressed because a patient … Continue reading