Monthly Archives: October 2017
On losing memory
On losing memory: it can be a good thing when it would have kept you stuck in misery (If only I hadn’t gotten sick), or when it would have consigned you to relive bad times, or when it would have … Continue reading
A stance toward life
It is not about facts, this thing called eldering: it is spirit, a stance toward life: face to face with life: conversation intimate. :- Doug.
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Life is a train ride
Life is a train ride—we board in anticipation, spend time settling in, do the work during the ride, the work of waiting, then in the last miles we are active preparing to arrive and disembark. :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Intimacy increases
Intimacy increases: becomes gentler, slower, accepting, exploratory, adventuresome, finding, meeting. :- Doug.
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Good-challenge
The good of old age is the challenge of old age. :- Doug.
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The waiting ones
Middlers are the prime attentives, the waiting ones. Busy busy busy always busy. Nevertheless waiting. Waiting for real life to begin. Most days I am the same. :- Doug.
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Grandchildren! Service. Meaning.
Grandchildren! Service. Meaning. :- Doug.
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Be greedy
Be greedy— for the passing along of life! :- Doug.
Posted in Eldering, Family, Poetry
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Fast adventure
There is adventure in elder years—coming at us furiously fast! :- Doug.
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Love and intelligence
Our elder years call out to be loved…and with intelligence. :- Doug.
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Role to play?
What are our elder years, what good are they, what role do we play in the world? :- Doug.
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