Name: –a fantastic situation –a human dilemma –a reason to leave home –a room –an antagonist –a fear –a foolishness –a color of hair –an aspiration –a form of wisdom Then build a story :- Doug.

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After our grandchildren grow up?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

After we grow up After our children grow up After our grandchildren grow up We grow In what direction? :- Doug.

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Elder, be useful

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

Elder, be useful. :- Doug.

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Preservation and opening

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

We can be about preservation and opening way for the entirely unexpected :- Doug.

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Ancestor, let us gather

Posted on June 4, 2018 by dgermann

Ancestor, let us gather generations of grandchildren to see what happens! :- Doug.

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O the possibilities of you!

Posted on June 3, 2018 by dgermann

Sooner or later your particles all go back to random pieces of all there is ready to reassemble into something else O the possibilities of you! :-Doug.

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To use this voice

Posted on June 3, 2018 by dgermann

To use this voice is to grow this love. :- Doug.

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Measure the intensity of your astonishment

Posted on June 2, 2018 by dgermann

You can measure the quality of your eldering by the intensity of your astonishment. Grandchildren should leave you thunderstruck! Wisdom is unknowing. Not not knowing, but letting loose of what you knew to swim in mystery. Outcomes uncertain: venture! :- … Continue reading →

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Afraid of one another

Posted on June 2, 2018 by dgermann

A major issue of our time is we are afraid of one another. Too afraid to open. :- Doug.

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Get the air right!

Posted on June 2, 2018 by dgermann

Get the air right! Yes! That is our task For the Grandchildren :- Doug.

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See dying all about

Posted on June 1, 2018 by dgermann

I go about telling people—nicely, obliquely—they are going to die, and asking how they want to have it done to them. Yet it may be wasted motion—in a few decades there may be so many of us around that we … Continue reading →

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This is the experience

Posted on June 1, 2018 by dgermann

For me, this is of the experience of growing into eldering. :- Doug.

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To think is very difficult work for me

Posted on June 1, 2018 by dgermann

To think is very difficult work for me, even though I attempt it a bit every day. How much it must be if we let the radio, tv, Internet, and popular culture give us our thoughts? This is the work … Continue reading →