Monthly Archives: March 2018
Commune with grandchildren
When we commune with the grandchildren, we commune with their grandchildren. :- Doug.
Picture future?
How do you picture your future? Is there now a point at which it turns, or the image grows hazy? :- Doug.
Back in the days
Back in the days when I thought I’d go on forever…. :- Doug.
Your grandparents changed?
How did our parents and grandparents change the world through education and through us? How does this speak to us of perhaps more homey and yet more grand ways to change the world? :- Doug.
Education changes world
Nelson Mandela said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” With the grandchildren, how might you use education to change the world? :- Doug.
Did not parent?
What does it mean to be generative to someone you did not parent? :- Doug.
Legacies passed on
What legacies did you receive? In what form would you pass them on? :- Doug.
Honor your insights
Honor your insights: write them down, act upon them (not too carefully). :- Doug.
Elder is not wiser
Being elder is not wiser. We have seen more people in more ages and in more settings. We can have compassion. We can seek creativity. :- Doug.
Loss is strength
Make loss of words my strength. :- Doug.
Life story chapters?
What different and still more different ways can you invent to organize your life story chapters? :- Doug.
Generativity means?
What does generativity mean to you? For whom? :- Doug.
and I yours
You are touching my grandchildren and I yours through our conversing around our generativity. :- Doug.
Progressing?
How are you changing, progressing? :- Doug.