Monthly Archives: July 2019

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana. Today we barely know Chateaubriand, Voltaire, the Maginot Line, to say nothing of Jackson, or even Washington. What do we know of our grandparents? What do your … Continue reading →

What’s your meaningful way to connect with the generations generations away? :- Doug.

We are that butterfly in the rainforest. We cannot know how our flapping will change our species. But we can choose. We can guess on purpose. We can try with heart. Intention or despair: our choice. Choose life. :- Doug.

Tell the generations something true—that will nearly always be fresh and new. :- Doug.

Three hundred years is beyond our reach, within our touch. :- Doug.

Eldering is a project of the spirit. :- Doug.

Three hundred years: beyond our reach; within our vision. :- Doug.

What’s your project? :- Doug.

Write letters to the grandchildren. :- Doug.

A problem with imagination and creativity and inventing is that mostly we think of it as relating to our own future and use. We get excited by a new car or a new house or a new gadget. In age … Continue reading →

The antidote to drying in age may be to have a project, and that project needs to exceed the self by several magnitudes. :- Doug.

There is choice, and the people called exceptional might become more of the population if we place before ourselves the choice. In any event, it is these exceptional people, like Maslow’s self-actualizing people in their peak experiences, with whom I … Continue reading →

Widened, not wizened. :- Doug.

If you have become indifferent to the things that happen in the world, it may be that they are no longer things you can use. You have a larger project if you look: the whole of humanity: it can use … Continue reading →

What essentials does the long view provide us, valuable scents we can waft to the generations for their quest to improve? :- Doug.