Monthly Archives: October 2017

old: valuable

You are old: you are valuable. :- Doug.

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Journeying

The spiritual journey called eldering. :- Doug.

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Do your spirit?

What does it do to your spirit when you become elder-like? :- Doug.

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Ripened life

Ripened by life. :- Doug.

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Dying we

Dying we are as we live. :- Doug.

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Graduation

Let’s find a new metaphor for dying. Graduation. Moving up a level…. :- Doug.

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wade in

Elders see flowing relationships and wade in need more time apart and together to ponder reflect grow :- Doug.

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Giving up on them

By not calling hospice sooner families are giving up on their loved ones, giving up on their ability to live their last months fully. :- Doug.

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See the holons

Elders begin to see the holons, the relationships. :- Doug.

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Ripened forward

We are all being ripened forward from this point in life. :- Doug.

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Click

We now see not just a larger picture, but how it fits together: click. Paradox and nuance, complexity, subtlety, self similarity, simplicity, diversity and unity, all, all, all. :- Doug.

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A deepening

The New Elder: Bigger pictures, a new quality of life, and especially a deepening spirituality that tends toward playful. Maybe life is making you into a new kind of elder. You certainly could not have designed this. But you can … Continue reading

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture of the New Elder :- Doug.

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Uncertainty = Potential

Uncertainty = Potential, as elders know. :- Doug.

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Our course

Some elders can alter our course Others can alert us to our course :- Doug.

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Paradox

The Paradox of Being Made Elder :- Doug.

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The New Elder

The New Elder :- Doug.

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