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Take last night’s news

Take last night’s news: what if that person were the progenitor of the grandchildren in 300 years? Write a 3 page story of these grandchildren. :- Doug.

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A lock to open

How the far grandchild is a lock there might be a way to open. :- Doug.

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meeting these as strangers

Why meeting grandchildren is like entertaining strangers. :- Doug.

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Not yet figured it out

Why we haven’t yet figured out what being human involves. :- Doug.

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Stance is a clue

How what you think this day influences the grandchildren in 300 years. Stance is a clue; and openness. :- Doug.

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Superseding love

Why later generation values might not be our love, peace, and solitude, and what might supersede these. :- Doug.

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Grafting curiosity

How grafting extends curiosity, ideas, and generations. :- Doug.

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Wandering across centuries

What wandering across centuries does to the soul. :- Doug.

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Mystery of a far

How exploring the mystery of a far generation’s thinking and feelings can be a spiritual quest. :- Doug.

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Our very tensions

The other is necessary to us in all of life, and the participants in the cross-generational conversation are necessary to each other. Our very differences are necessary to each of us, and the meeting of our tensions engenders life. We … Continue reading

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Generational justice

Work for generational justice. :- Doug.

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How humanity ripens

How humanity ripens as we meet ancestors born and unborn. :- Doug.

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The necessary other

How the grandchild often becomes the necessary other. :- Doug.

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Why the ancients are laughing

Why the ancients are laughing and what we ought to do about it. :- Doug.

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A forward history

A forward history of ancients and grandchildren and our possible roles. :- Doug.

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Friendly among ancestors

Friendly among ancestors, let’s be. :- Doug.

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toss a pebble

toss a pebble or be tossed by future’s ripples :- Doug.

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