Monthly Archives: August 2017
Touch the wheel
Elders do not turn the ship’s wheel We can sometimes turn the eyes and heads Of those who touch the wheel :- Doug.
More whom we are
Vulnerable to growth, to becoming more whom we are to be: elders. :- Doug.
Our widening circles
We elder for our widening circles—relations, friends, orbits. :- Doug.
A different kind of productive
Eldering is a different kind of productive—whether in type of product, or how it produces, I cannot tell. :- Doug.
Elder-like
Be on the lookout for elder-like actions. It is elder-like to acknowledge them. :- Doug.
Stirring exemplars
What do you see in the exemplars of those who elder—what is stirring? :- Doug.
Being thins
Eldering is a capstone to one’s doing, being, and being thinning to touch the far reaches. :- Doug.
Good of generations
Eldering is being and doing for the larger good of generations, community, and worlds. :- Doug.
Our children called us forth
Our children called us forth: we were necessary for them to arrive. Our family, future and past generations, needs to be more complete. We as a whole call for and forth children and parents, grandchildren and grandparents. As a whole … Continue reading
Ratchet mentality
We have a ratchet mentality: what we learn we do not have to re-learn. Then we grow wise. Experience differs: often we must re-learn. :- Doug.
A larger frame
Let us stretch the elders to see a larger frame in space/time. In generations. In beings. Out. :- Doug.
Embrace any opening
Our view of eldering will not be broad enough to cover all its expanse; yet we can embrace any opening of our way. :- Doug.
Attractive:
Attractive: this notion of retirement. On a deep personal level, too. But why? We grow tired. Of this work: done that. Our energy declines. Maybe the old pictures no longer fit: some relaxing, some playing, then you die. Now we … Continue reading
How do they change?
Why are elders as they are, and how do they change? How are they changing? :- Doug.
Your light?
What light can you throw upon what it means to age well and to age for others? :- Doug.