Monthly Archives: December 2017

Tension

You are simultaneously complete and part of a larger whole leading to the grandchildren and beyond. Tension. :- Doug.

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Connective tissue

We are the connective tissue of the generations. Janus-faced, we are pulled to the way things need to be—together—and away to the safety of what we want to do—autonomy. We cannot escape nor resolve the tension. Only live it. :- … Continue reading

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Find out

How do playfulness and responsibility fit together? Help us find out. :- Doug.

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Broader

Take a broader, more playful, approach to the generations. :- Doug.

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This changes our lives

Not here to shop for bargains or “experiences,” we are confronted by a generation that wants something of us. This changes our lives. Maybe this change is unpleasant, but it is given us as responsibility and love. :- Doug.

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Both feet

There is something well beyond the middling years and we owe it to the grandchildren to jump in with both feet. :- Doug.

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Do the reverse

There are experiences where you can wear gloves and goggles and contraptions to simulate the losses of aging. Let’s do the reverse. :- Doug.

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Presumed wise

Let’s call every person of this generation “elder:” you are presumed wise until proven otherwise. :- Doug.

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Not normal

This is radical, and I think I need to stress the radical nature. Stop downplaying, making it seem easy and normal. Eldering is not normal. :- Doug.

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Not fully invented

Human has not yet been fully invented: we need us. :- Doug.

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Disorienters

Elders are community disorienters. :- Doug.

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Clean grandchildren

We can clean the minds and psyches of the grandchildren; we can be their scouts. :- Doug.

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Way-showers

We are the way-showers. Either way. :- Doug.

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Shake up

This is a shake up your world view course. :- Doug.

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Clown invitingly

With bodies broken and beaten With parts flopping awkwardly For the grandchildren we clown invitingly :- Doug.

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Simply complex

Simply complex we are able :- Doug.

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Partnership generations

We are in the best place to invite a partnership of the generations. :- Doug.

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