Monthly Archives: August 2017

Beyond loss–us

There is life beyond loss, and it is us. :- Doug.

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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.

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More whom we are

Vulnerable to growth, to becoming more whom we are to be: elders. :- Doug.

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Our widening circles

We elder for our widening circles—relations, friends, orbits. :- Doug.

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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.

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Elder-like

Be on the lookout for elder-like actions. It is elder-like to acknowledge them. :- Doug.

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Stirring exemplars

What do you see in the exemplars of those who elder—what is stirring? :- Doug.

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Being thins

Eldering is a capstone to one’s doing, being, and being thinning to touch the far reaches. :- Doug.

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Good of generations

Eldering is being and doing for the larger good of generations, community, and worlds. :- Doug.

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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

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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.

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A larger frame

Let us stretch the elders to see a larger frame in space/time. In generations. In beings. Out. :- Doug.

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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.

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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

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How do they change?

Why are elders as they are, and how do they change? How are they changing? :- Doug.

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Your light?

What light can you throw upon what it means to age well and to age for others? :- Doug.

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Mutual opening

Eldering is sometimes a mutual opening. :- Doug.

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