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Your sign?
Barbara Weidner held her sign: “A grandmother for peace.” What would you put on your sign? :- Doug.
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Distill a life
One task of later life is distilling a life. :- Doug.
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You no wise one
You may not be a wise one: just tell us where in life you see wisdom. :- Doug.
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You could research that
You could research that. Many things we think we know about age turn out to be not true. Like elders are more often than young people victims of crime or disease. You could research that. :- Doug.
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This: one life
You’re one life from infant to elder: no separate people, no separate compartments. In beginning learn things. At ending have seen more. This. :- Doug.
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Old age and infancy
Old age and infancy life’s only nows to have a marvelous time :- Doug.
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Park of life
We will wend our way around the park of life. :- Doug.
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Eldering steeps
Experience is available widely; Eldering steeps. :- Doug.
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Only lose this culture
Aging we only lose things of this culture. :- Doug.
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Aging matters living matters
Aging matters because living matters. :- Doug.
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No divides no generations
We can connect across the divides We can connect across the generations No divides no generations only people :- Doug.
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It matters we don’t all reach for the same
It matters that we go inside to find out what specific things matter to each of us. It matters we draw out of our essence, it matters we reflect, it matters we commit. It matters that we mean and touch … Continue reading
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Stages of helping
There is one kind of person. We go through different stages: infant, child, adolescent, householder, elder. We can learn from one another, we can love one another, we can help one another. :- Doug.
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Developmental question
This course we have set ourselves is a spiritual question. This is a long-view question. This is a developmental question. :- Doug.
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