Monthly Archives: February 2017

Is age simply

Is age simply a waiting to die? Is retirement for playing all day? Or maybe for non-doing something? :- Doug.

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May I learn caring from you?

May I learn caring from you? :- Doug.

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Itself the blessing

Life is good The living of life Itself the blessing :- Doug.

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An elder can be a guardian

An elder can be a guardian of our living ancestors of our living children’s children’s children’s of tenderness, gentle gratitude of living :- Doug.

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Humans are immortal

Humans are the only animal that thinks we are immortal—or ought to be :- Doug.

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From oink to oink

Eldering is not about stuffing more things into the sausage: it is about seeing ourselves and the grinder and the whole sausage coiling and the entire process from oink to oink, from generation to generation, from stardust to stardust. :- … Continue reading

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Aches of aging are spiritual

For some of us aches of aging are spiritual for some of us grieving and loss are exercises a chance to do this work for all of us :- Doug.

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All fear is of death

All fear is of death at heart, we want to matter life means…death matters :- Doug.

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Plant a tree

If you would honor me, plant a tree for the wholeness of the next few generations. :- Doug.

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Caring needs to be peculiar

Mostly, caring needs to be peculiar to the client: what they would like, what they would find nurturing. So we need to ask, need to inquire after the person. :- Doug.

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One-way ticket

Eldering is a one-way ticket: we burst the bubble of ego: there is no return :- Doug.

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The essence

The essence, the mystery of eldering is you must die :- Doug.

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Who in your life died?

Who in your life died? Who left you alone? What did you feel? :- Doug.

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Touching one another’s lives

Touching lives. This may be what I saw when I wrote that sharing grief is humanity’s soul purpose. Touching one another’s lives. Allowing ourselves to be touched. Lives touching. Inextricably entwining. :- Doug.

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head work, heart work

Care is head work; caring is heart work. :- Doug.

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Little = big difference

Had a wonderful conversation with a friend yesterday: she sees she can make the world better in little ways, encouraging people to keep up work on their dreams. She talked with a medical intern who was depressed because a patient … Continue reading

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Be caring!

Be caring! :- Doug.

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