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Middling is an excursion

Posted on June 10, 2018 by dgermann

Middling is an excursion into busy-ness and away from our essence-which-wants-out-to-play. The true tug of grandchildren to grandparents—is to life! :- Doug.

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The little tree envied the dancing of the little goats and lambs, kittens and puppies. In a wind her mama leaned over and whispered “You may; with the breezes!” And so she danced wildly with each breeze which came along, … Continue reading →

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Emancipated innocence

Posted on June 9, 2018 by dgermann

Emancipated innocence is for the purposes of fun and play rather than the other way around. :- Doug.

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Dedicated to my grandchildren

Posted on June 9, 2018 by dgermann

Dedicated to my grandchildren—in their elder years. :- Doug.

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Buckets of cool water

Posted on June 8, 2018 by dgermann

Grow, See, Let it Be are not so much buckets of cool water into which elders dip their ladles; more they may be tasks requiring effort For the Grandchildren, spokes to grab on the wheel of eldering. :- Doug.

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A dream to give

Posted on June 8, 2018 by dgermann

Has a dream to give the elder for the grandchildren much more subtle than a dream to give :- Doug.

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When wisdom’s not enough?

Posted on June 8, 2018 by dgermann

What might be your development tasks to follow wisdom? You’re wise, what’s next, when wisdom’s not enough? :- Doug.

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Explore darknesses

Posted on June 7, 2018 by dgermann

It is a work for the grandchildren to explore one’s own darknesses, and more than that, to get over one’s own self. :- Doug.

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Getting over yourself

Posted on June 7, 2018 by dgermann

Self transcendence is getting over yourself. :- Doug.

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Now that I’m in my 70s

Posted on June 7, 2018 by dgermann

Now that I’m in my 70s, what does it matter? :- Doug.

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Not pathological

Posted on June 7, 2018 by dgermann

Death is not by definition pathological. :- Doug.

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The one behind it

Posted on June 6, 2018 by dgermann

If you have the conversation, you can have the conversation behind it. :- Doug.

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I don’t have time not to get in their faces

Posted on June 6, 2018 by dgermann

I don’t have time not to get in their faces. :- Doug.

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Matters too significant

Posted on June 6, 2018 by dgermann

Stories address matters too significant for books, Internet, and university. :- Doug.

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Why do we want long life?

Posted on June 6, 2018 by dgermann

Why do we want long life past our child-rearing age? Why would you? :- Doug.

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Can we cure grief?

Posted on June 6, 2018 by dgermann

We are not about curing grief. Can we cure grief? We are not about getting beyond grief. We are about growing, even when we do not want to grow, about living even when we do not want to live. :- … Continue reading →

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The work of the living-dying

Posted on June 5, 2018 by dgermann

End of life work is not just something we do to the dying, but what work are the living-dying doing? What message do they convey? What message do we draw out? It is with: working with. :- Doug.

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