Monthly Archives: March 2013
Can you identify these elders?
I need your help to identify elders who bring wisdom and a longer view to those around them and the world…. :- Doug.
Whose ancestor are you?
Whose ancestor are you? Are you doing the kind of ancestoring they need? :- Doug.
For how long do we want our family to continue?
For how long do we want our family to continue? As elders we’re the ones with clear enough vision to see into the future 10 years, a generation, seven generations, a thousand years, a million. As harried as our society … Continue reading
Weaving paths through the woods
Our job as lawyers is to weave a path through the woods. There will always be woods, and there will always be paths needing weaving. :- Doug.
You want the answer
Nelson Mandela started his biggest conversation, the one that ended Apartheid, while in solitary confinement. What conversation can we start, given our life condition? What higher purpose do we own that will get us beyond our walls? :- Doug.
Nelson Mandela’s biggest conversation was in solitary
Nelson Mandela started his biggest conversation, the one that ended Apartheid, while in solitary confinement. What conversation can we start, given our life condition? What higher purpose do we own that will get us beyond our walls? :- Doug.
With Elders’ Eyes
We should honor not only our insights but our pain and even our despair for our world. Avoiding it, running away from our pain and despair, is doing us no good. If we look with long-view eyes, wise eyes, elders’ … Continue reading
Our dog begs from us play
Our dog begs from us food and play and a walk, showing joy in being with us. Asking, playing: a way we too can give. :- Doug.