Monthly Archives: July 2019

Converse around story construction before we get to our long purpose: here we start to discover for ourselves what that long purpose is, for us. :- Doug.

So how do dilemma and subtext help elders tell their stories? They can say how what they did was not exactly in line with what they wanted. They can say how choices were difficult. They can discover these things in … Continue reading →

Community in eldering might be spiritual. :- Doug.

Just how do you grow a better humanity if to be alive is to perpetually be in conflict? :- Doug.

Which is the more profound role for you as storyteller: To tell or to hear? :- Doug.

What questions do we want the generations to own? :- Doug.

Exercise: write your life’s story as hero’s journey with your choice now whether to share the boon. :- Doug.

Elders have lived the hero’s journey—left home—faced life’s challenges—returned: how will you share your boon? :- Doug.

Has human nature changed over the years? Is it just that our choices are similar across generations, and this gives us the illusion of no change? Or maybe our lack of historical perspective? We have built upon the landscape cities … Continue reading →

The walls and floors of the house give space for closets and cabinets and shelves and offices and laboratories we would not have dreamt in a wide-open field. Our choices are furcations along the road, imagination constrained to be more … Continue reading →

How do we make the best mistakes for our generations to come? :- Doug.

How do we choose well for the 300-year grandchild elders? :- Doug.

One service we can do for the 300-year grandchild elders is to work on choosing intentionally. Find our past choices and make more intentional ones. Is this not the truer definition of an improved humanity? One which chooses intentionally well, … Continue reading →