Author Archives: dgermann
Beyond mechanics
Elders see beyond mechanics to organics. :- Doug.
Something going on
There is something going on…for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
Work for peace
Our job as lawyers is to work for peace in this family. :- Doug.
No longer human
Elders: no longer human beings now being human exemplars for futures :- Doug.
Agility of elders
Begins to dawn flexibility in children calls for agility of elders’ hearts :- Doug.
Mining medical crises
We can be mining medical and other crises for their meaning, making memories with the people we meet. :- Doug.
This between time
What does your presence convey in this between time? The twinkle in your eye, the way you hold yourself, your wordless attitude of heart? :- Doug.
Death and agony?
Do you pray for the death and agony of our grandchildren? Of course not—you pray for a higher, brighter future. :- Doug.
Already are
My message is that you have a work to do, a person to be, and a purpose you already are, for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
Dangerous and essential
Actualizing, rather than holding back, lifting up rather than pressing down. This is the joyful task of the grands. It is a political, economic, and biologic task. At once dangerous and essential. :- Doug.
Can work new
We are not given to know another fully So that imagination can work New in both of us :- Doug.
insides of our species
In studying eldering we are glimpsing the insides of humanity fully developing: not the insides of individuals but of our species: how together we pulse, breathe, and flow. :- Doug.
Who is safe?
Rather than let them keep us safe in old peoples’ storage, let us work to make our grandchildren safe. :- Doug.
Takes waiting
We are elders-to-be To elder takes waiting :- Doug.
Below the rapids
Below the rapids the river grows placid and swift—we relax, breathe :- Doug.
To see tomorrow
It is taking me years to see Tomorrow more than today :- Doug.