Author Archives: dgermann
Did not parent?
What does it mean to be generative to someone you did not parent? :- Doug.
Legacies passed on
What legacies did you receive? In what form would you pass them on? :- Doug.
Honor your insights
Honor your insights: write them down, act upon them (not too carefully). :- Doug.
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.
Loss is strength
Make loss of words my strength. :- Doug.
Life story chapters?
What different and still more different ways can you invent to organize your life story chapters? :- Doug.
Generativity means?
What does generativity mean to you? For whom? :- Doug.
and I yours
You are touching my grandchildren and I yours through our conversing around our generativity. :- Doug.
Progressing?
How are you changing, progressing? :- Doug.
Stories do to a life
What the stories do is reconstellate a life. :- Doug.
family in your life
Did you see family and cultural influences in your life story? Were these things that drew out your thinking? :- Doug.
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.
Become your grandchildren
Dive into grandchildren—become your grandchildren. :- Doug.