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Superior to generations?
We cannot think ourselves superior to our generation or any part of it, nor to generations earlier nor later than ours, if we are to be of value to the ones to follow. :- Doug.
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Never solve age
Because there are so many ways to live and so many more to age, we can never solve age. We can hope to meet it. To accept its responsibility. :- Doug.
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Fishing in deeps
Tell the story of our unutterable joy in telling fishing for what swims in deeps :- Doug.
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Participate in lives?
How ought we participate in the grandchildren’s lives? :- Doug.
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Preserving wholeness of heart
We are about preserving the wholeness of heart of the species in the face of our despair. :- Doug.
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Do you see the work?
Do you see the work to be done? This seeing calls you to eldering :- Doug.
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Elder we choose
When we elder, we choose we choose for once since childhood to be human, to share humanity a gift of observation, of space of reflection not open to children, nor adults :- Doug.
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Young elders really new?
Are today’s young elders really new? :- Doug.
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Open Space for new elders
How might we use Open Space to engage today’s new elders? :- Doug.
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At 16 and 66
At 16, adolescence at 66, essence :- Doug.
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Can we grow, old?
Can we grow, old? That is to say, while older we become, to grow, daily? Older still, daily grow. Growth is the essence of living, perhaps? :- Doug.
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Age sneaks up
Maybe it’s not so much age sneaks up on us, or we think we’re not that old, it’s also we know how to do that and we haven’t yet figured out we shouldn’t. Another example of straight line thinking: the … Continue reading
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