Category Archives: Family

Run into us?

As much faster they are going than us, will our grandchildren run into us? :- Doug.

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Influencing influencing

Influencing grandchildren influencing us. :- Doug.

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Real people too

Grandchildren are real people too Wanting real intimacy Wanting to invent life :- Doug.

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Don’t ignore me

Don’t ignore me, your grandchild. :- Doug.

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What to leave the grandchildren

The only thing fair to leave the grandchildren is a task too large for your lifetime and theirs. :- Doug.

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Only attend

Attend, only attend. :- Doug.

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By kindred surrounded

By kindred souls of many generations surrounded :- Doug.

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fecund mesocosm

We study the microcosm for scents of the macrocosm, for ranging truths and long patterns, for how we might live our microcosm. Less often we regard the fecund mesocosm, the community and our companions. Let us learn, together. :- Doug.

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Introducing the unexpected

We, grandmothers and grandfathers, can intermediate the generations, introducing the unexpected. We can unite the insights of different centuries, compare metaphors. We offer a way to see each other’s problems in a new context. :- Doug.

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Mutual clearness committee

One thing we can do with “our” grandchild is to convene a mutual clearness committee, after the manner of Friends. :- Doug.

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How you use curiosity

Your great grandchildren make it possible for you to be alive. You are rooted in these. For where and who you issue from is less important than where you’re headed, what kind of curiosity you have, and how you use … Continue reading

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Where do you want them to want to go?

Who are your spiritual ancestors? In what did they excel? Travel, poetry, romantic love, ecstasy, exploring? Who then will be your spiritual great grandchildren? Where do you want them to want to go, those who are your next? :- Doug.

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with, find

With grandchildren, find poems! :- Doug.

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Conflict does not

Conflict does not necessitate combat. :- Doug.

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we find our stuff

Just here, in tragedy, we find our stuff. Just here, in our joy and their need. :- Doug.

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children become

The grandchildren become the grandparents. :- Doug.

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Hospitality for strange influencers

Can you, can I, make hospitality in our hearts for a 300 year strange grandchild, a life quite unlike our own? Are we ready for his or her reciprocal influence? :- Doug.

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