Monthly Archives: May 2017
Grows foul
Elders! Abdicate not your voices A pond without an outflow Grows foul :- Doug.
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In healthy times, Buber says,
In healthy times, Buber says, Winds of meeting freshen even the dullest It is incumbent upon our elders Even in unhealthy times To keep doing the healthy things :- Doug.
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She gets the better of me
She gets the better of me My wife in our spats “You said” —and instantly I cannot remember What either of us said Truly I was not there In the words Only in the emotions or In the between of … Continue reading
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Giving yourself to the meeting
Eldering, loving, means to give yourself to the meeting. Meeting person, community, world. No reserve. Totally. :- Doug.
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Wants them not
Elders are about bringing meeting and relation to a world which wants them not. :- Doug.
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real opening
Eldering is about real living: opening the world of experiencing and using to the world of meeting and relation. :- Doug.
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Sufficiently
We cannot as elder fill to the brim those we are eldering, but can hope sufficiently for the day. :- Doug.
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Wandering on purpose
We could do a mind map about What is eldering, How one wanders into it. Wandering on purpose, on purpose of eldering. :- Doug.
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Gently
This is eldering: asking an adult child about the trajectory of his or her life: gently pointing to possible reflections. :- Doug.
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With the whole
The key to eldering is to relate, to meet, with the whole being. :- Doug.
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Lifetime practice
Eldering takes a lifetime of practice. :- Doug.
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Some are tired
Some with dementia are tired and may just want to get away. :- Doug.
Meeting Daddy
Having a true conversation in the nursing home can mean meeting Daddy again for the first time. :- Doug.
Even if the other cannot
Even if the other cannot, conversing can make you more whole. :- Doug.