Monthly Archives: January 2017
O elder
O elder cosmos bring of the in energy gather go out it divinity from :- Doug.
Go ever than profounder
Come elders Let us depth our plumbs Go ever than profounder we went :- Doug.
shadows brewing
There is something brewing here, that there is something deeper going on in eldering. Of course. Still, there is a turning coming, and I have caught a glimpse of its shadow as it heads around the corner. :- Doug.
Mundane and seminal
Elderhood is inner work and outer work, mundane and seminal. :- Doug.
More than one threshold:
Perhaps elderhood offers more than one threshold: a threshold of thresholds to a larger work for a larger world. :- Doug.
A new work in the world is offered
A new work in the world is offered to you. None survive the offering; some bring good to those who come after. :- Doug.
Bestow boons on the generations
An elder is a person with the power to bestow boons on the generations. :- Doug.
An active role for some
For some of you eldering will be an active role—mentoring, speaking out, knitting souls—and for others just being peace, love, grace. :- Doug.
Don’t eat the watermelon whole
Don’t eat the watermelon whole. Take a wedge, spit some seeds, leave the rind for compost, come back later for more conversing with your watermelon. :- Doug.
Eldering is a special role
Eldering is a special role and developmental stage available typically after some years. It is a threshold some cross. :- Doug.
Is it essential elders agree?
Is it essential elders agree about the centrality of conversation? Of flow? :- Doug.
seeing the flow
Elders of all people can see the interconnections among us, the flow in which we have our being. :- Doug.
I must be the first
If community means something I must be the first to reach out and help you. :- Doug.
The work of story
Eldering is mythopoeia, the work of story. :- Doug.
Its own robes and cowl
Wisdom is its own robes and cowl, even when naked and spat upon. :- Doug.