Monthly Archives: May 2018

Hold your death

Posted on May 16, 2018 by dgermann

Hold your death for a moment. Let it learn of you. :- Doug.

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Tell us about when someone died

Posted on May 16, 2018 by dgermann

Tell us about when someone died. :- Doug.

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Journal a conversation with death personified

Posted on May 15, 2018 by dgermann

Journal a conversation with death personified. Write questions ahead: —What do you think of me? —What ought I think of you? —Will you be gentle? —Are you my friend? —Are you a loner or do you like lots? :- Doug.

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Be a nobody. Wobble.

Posted on May 15, 2018 by dgermann

Do you want to know that you did something to change the wobble just a bit? You are a world wobbler. Wobble the world, but leave no mark, no signature. Be a nobody. Act. Wobble. Lightly. :- Doug.

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draw out the most of your life

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

An elder must live as an elder in order to draw out the most of her or his life. :- Doug.

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Grow through attention

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

Learn your body—aging changes it; aging grows your mind through your attention. :- Doug.

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Hardly a mark?

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

Can you move away swiftly, leaving hardly a mark? :- Doug.

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Writing the book

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

Writing the book about Eldering For the Grandchildren, we are. :- Doug.

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Eldering is encouraging

Posted on May 13, 2018 by dgermann

Eldering is encouraging. :- Doug.

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Want your people to remember you?

Posted on May 13, 2018 by dgermann

Do you want your people to remember you after your death? For how many years? What purposes does it serve? :- Doug.

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Chapter titles 20 years past your death?

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dgermann

What are the chapter titles of your life ahead? And of your people 20 years after your death? :- Doug.

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Make friends with death?

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dgermann

How might we make friends with our death? :- Doug.

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Generate yourself

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dgermann

If you’re going to generate, as well you need to generate yourself. :- Doug.

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Not knowing includes not even knowing thyself

Posted on May 11, 2018 by dgermann

Not knowing includes even not knowing thyself. Might it be wasted effort to try to know someone so complex so unpredictable? :- Doug.

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Ancestor am I to thousands

Posted on May 11, 2018 by dgermann

Ancestor am I to thousands of thousands or just a handful attend must I :- Doug.

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After your name is forgotten

Posted on May 10, 2018 by dgermann

After your name is forgotten a generation or two on of what use were you? :- Doug.

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People more often say “Remember when?” than

Posted on May 10, 2018 by dgermann

People more often say “Remember when?” than “Remember George?” So make active memories. Give bigger heart-gifts. Do crazier things. Together. You only have one today to be outrageous-in-love. :- Doug.

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