Monthly Archives: December 2016

What of yourself do you need to let go?

What of yourself do you need to let go? What new do you suppose (you cannot know) would serve your next growth? What are the limits of whom you have been? What are the strengths you now need? :- Doug.

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seclude in nature

seclude in nature one on all there is finding ineffable :- Doug.

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Seek them out

Same thing for the elders themselves. There are people out there who want to do something: I need to seek them out. :- Doug.

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What can elders do?

What can elders do? :- Doug.

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Nor even to remember

We don’t need elders to fight Nor even to remember Rather to show us a longer view :- Doug.

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Re-writing the elder archetype

Let’s be about claiming and re-writing the elder archetype for our times and these people. What would fit your background and sense of calling? Your schedule, your energy, your resources? Whom might you elder? How will you “speak?” :- Doug.

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Take inventory

Take inventory—all that and who are important to you—people, living things, philosophy, spiritual, story, future, past, present, health, views. An early step in your eldering. :- Doug.

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Lone leaf on bare branch

Lone leaf on bare branch, blown: life goes around and through: fly away; and I :- Doug.

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Don’t be the ideal elder

Don’t be the ideal elder, take a step toward your elderhood. :- Doug.

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extend or grow?

Shall we extend our middling years, or grow ahead? :- Doug.

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involves work

Eldering involves work: on ourselves, our families and friends, our communities small and large: all with love. :- Doug.

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growth and service

Eldering: growth and service. :- Doug.

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The great discomforts of aging

The great discomforts of aging in our culture are not what you might expect. Rather elders are being cast aside, not honored nor even seen, told to concentrate on what is failing and being taken away and never on what … Continue reading

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Effective loving

Effective loving take us a step or two beyond tough love: not only saying No, but guiding to a self-vision of possibility beyond Yes and No; beyond I am doing something to you, to equals together exploring where love takes … Continue reading

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Stance:

Stance: effective loving places demands upon me and my eldering. :- Doug.

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Elder or middler

Elder or middler? Many want to push older people to become just older middlers. Is that good for elders, for our society? :- Doug.

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It pays to get old

It pays to get old—it pays others more than us. If we choose. :- Doug.

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