It is not what we can do still, rather what we can do now: now that we have honed our skills, developed new and incisive ones, become seasoned, seen the broader sweeps of time. :- Doug.

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There is a depth to elder caring beyond simply helping get the right care and asking how we are doing with all this. It is opening to one another. That little door that opens out onto an endless field. What … Continue reading →

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Nonsense in June

Posted on May 6, 2019 by dgermann

Rhythm and writing our nonsense in June snowflakes or playful haiku :- Doug.

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Ask a grandchild to read to you

Posted on May 6, 2019 by dgermann

Ask a grandchild to read to you. :- Doug.

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Clown sets us free?

Posted on May 6, 2019 by dgermann

How is it a clown mask can free us to reveal our truer selves? Both sides of the mask? :- Doug.

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17th generation?

Posted on May 5, 2019 by dgermann

What do you want to elicit from the 17th generation? :- Doug.

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Kinder differently?

Posted on May 5, 2019 by dgermann

Our points of view as a culture have been narrowing. So our opinions also. The circle of beings for whom we care. How would a kinder humanity do differently? :- Doug.

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I don’t want that

Posted on May 5, 2019 by dgermann

I understand, but I don’t want that. I don’t want fame; I am beyond wanting fortune. I want influence, but not acknowledgment: in the sense that I want to contribute to the long term betterment of the human project. :- … Continue reading →

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We who converse across generations

Posted on May 5, 2019 by dgermann

With whom else might we converse, we who converse across the generations? What are the questions about which to converse? What questions would lead us to a higher humanity? What is higher humanity? What are our highest aspects? Who are … Continue reading →

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Touching You

Posted on May 5, 2019 by dgermann

Journaling, creating an artifact of, my journey is one way. I reach to touch you. Touching You touches you. :- Doug.

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Tell your largest dreams

Posted on May 4, 2019 by dgermann

Tell your largest dreams. To the page. To friends who will keep your secret. To everyone. :- Doug.

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Bake cookies randomly

Posted on May 4, 2019 by dgermann

Bake cookies, take gifts, randomly give away a smile. :- Doug.

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No lesson to leave

Posted on May 4, 2019 by dgermann

It is not that I have a lesson to leave, but that I have one to find. The lesson is a learning, a growing, a leading out—to an emerged explicate humanity, hopefully larger, kinder, more conversing than we are so … Continue reading →

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Tasks of eldering

Posted on May 4, 2019 by dgermann

Name the tasks of eldering generations. This is the task I have set for myself. :- Doug.

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