Monthly Archives: January 2018
insides of our species
In studying eldering we are glimpsing the insides of humanity fully developing: not the insides of individuals but of our species: how together we pulse, breathe, and flow. :- Doug.
Who is safe?
Rather than let them keep us safe in old peoples’ storage, let us work to make our grandchildren safe. :- Doug.
Takes waiting
We are elders-to-be To elder takes waiting :- Doug.
Below the rapids
Below the rapids the river grows placid and swift—we relax, breathe :- Doug.
To see tomorrow
It is taking me years to see Tomorrow more than today :- Doug.
Gift of calm
Give the gift of calm. :- Doug.
Another harmony
What if the grandchildren have to find another way to live in harmony? They do, you know. What then is your role? :- Doug.
Our end of life
Our end of life is a culmination, a rounding out, of a life. :- Doug.
Specialness
Elders are finding and playing with each others’ specialness. :- Doug.
open the moment
Elderlings sometimes open the moment for spirit to spark :- Doug.
Changes memory
As much as the other way around the course of events changes memory :- Doug.
Invite hidden qualities
Look for, invite out to play, the hidden qualities of other elderlings—hear as they sometimes point out yours. :- Doug.
Swirlingly
Let us speak plainly and swirlingly. Plainly, that there is more than the surface, more than science and our left brains can know. Swirlingly in that we can embrace the mystery, dancing, not knowing where we are going. :- Doug.