Monthly Archives: June 2017

I elder elders. :- Doug.

You have a calling to elder. Will you? :- Doug.

Two are the ways people view their retirement. One as a well-deserved time of play. Another as a time to culminate their lives as grandparents and mentors. Elders are not seen as valuable because we have abdicated the role of … Continue reading →

Let’s get elders to work—at something large. :- Doug.

Elder, there is a role for you, vital. You must choose. You must lift your eyes. You must come here and become present. :- Doug.

Elders first see the world is running awry. :- Doug.

Instruction, message, claim: works of the elders. :- Doug.

Elders choose to be guardians. :- Doug.

“We drew a circle that took him in” wrote Edwin Markham. Eldering draws larger circles yet. :- Doug.

The root of mentor suggests intent, purpose, spirit, and passion. Eldering includes mentoring and is bigger. :- Doug.

Our task is to hallow our —big our—for we are part— meetings with the grandchildren’s world :- Doug.

The elder’s work is making a new people. :- Doug.