Monthly Archives: July 2017
The question that draws on
For an elder, the question that draws on is beyond this one person, greater than one’s calling, one’s own true place in the world. :- Doug.
How little you know
Wisdom is in striving to see how little you know and having compassion for yourself and all who know nothing. :- Doug.
What do you notice?
What do you notice about your entry into elder years? What new questions are you asking? :- Doug.
Compass points?
What are the compass points of this new quality elders find? One is visionary. Another might be seeing bigger—generations, spirit, community. Widening circles. Asking bigger questions. :- Doug.
The question that opens
The task of the elder is the question that opens. :- Doug.
Give us, elder
Give us, elder, questions to provoke a dozen or more generations no answers to shorten our efforts we need deeper to dig though love and big picture point we, we must try our souls :- Doug.
works of eldering
Inviting, freeing, and gathering are works of eldering. :- Doug.
generations ever widening
Eldering is caring for generations in ever widening circles :- Doug.
Stitches give clues
The stitches give clues to the threading among threads the fabric of life’s millennia :- Doug.
see thread and fabric
The different quality of elders is how we see our thread and the fabric of life. :- Doug.
Seeing something others have not
I am seeing something others have not. Good. This must be pursued, imbued into us. Let us become human for the first time in all of history. :- Doug.
exemplar prime?
In my elder years whom do I want to be? Will I be of my life the exemplar prime? :- Doug.
further, wider, deeper
The elders more than any other group have time and energy to think further, wider, and deeper. :- Doug.
New stage of participation
As elders we are inventing a new stage of life, more accurately a stage of participation. This is key: how do elders today participate? How do we choose to contribute? To whom essential? :- Doug.
searching for work and love
The eldering course is searching together for work and love. :- Doug.
Elders learn from the grandchildren
What do we elders have to learn from younger generations, even from the grandchildren? What do I? :- Doug.
Philanthropists not spreading money
We can be philanthropists, not spreading money, rather humanity. :- Doug.