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Did not parent?

What does it mean to be generative to someone you did not parent? :- Doug.

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Legacies passed on

What legacies did you receive? In what form would you pass them on? :- Doug.

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Honor your insights

Honor your insights: write them down, act upon them (not too carefully). :- Doug.

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Elder is not wiser

Being elder is not wiser. We have seen more people in more ages and in more settings. We can have compassion. We can seek creativity. :- Doug.

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Loss is strength

Make loss of words my strength. :- Doug.

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Elder momentarily

Elder momentarily. :- Doug.

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Can you hear you now?

Can you hear you now? :- Doug.

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Life story chapters?

What different and still more different ways can you invent to organize your life story chapters? :- Doug.

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Generativity means?

What does generativity mean to you? For whom? :- Doug.

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and I yours

You are touching my grandchildren and I yours through our conversing around our generativity. :- Doug.

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Progressing?

How are you changing, progressing? :- Doug.

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Hard questions?

Did you ask yourself hard questions? :- Doug.

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Stories do to a life

What the stories do is reconstellate a life. :- Doug.

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family in your life

Did you see family and cultural influences in your life story? Were these things that drew out your thinking? :- Doug.

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Elder attractor

The point of the growth node is we are still developing, not so much how, because development is apt to be particular and peculiar. For elders the attractor is generativity. :- Doug.

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After I left

After I left our meeting, I had a call for an emergency appointment. The person arrived a few minutes after I got back to my office. Her husband of 40+ years was in the hospital, unconscious. The doctors said he … Continue reading

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Become your grandchildren

Dive into grandchildren—become your grandchildren. :- Doug.

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