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Beyond mechanics

Elders see beyond mechanics to organics. :- Doug.

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Something going on

There is something going on…for the grandchildren. :- Doug.

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Work for peace

Our job as lawyers is to work for peace in this family. :- Doug.

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No longer human

Elders: no longer human beings now being human exemplars for futures :- Doug.

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Agility of elders

Begins to dawn flexibility in children calls for agility of elders’ hearts :- Doug.

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Mining medical crises

We can be mining medical and other crises for their meaning, making memories with the people we meet. :- Doug.

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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.

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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.

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Hello, Grandchildren!

Hello, Grandchildren! :- Doug.

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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.

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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.

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Can work new

We are not given to know another fully So that imagination can work New in both of us :- Doug.

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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.

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Who is safe?

Rather than let them keep us safe in old peoples’ storage, let us work to make our grandchildren safe. :- Doug.

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Takes waiting

We are elders-to-be To elder takes waiting :- Doug.

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Below the rapids

Below the rapids the river grows placid and swift—we relax, breathe :- Doug.

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To see tomorrow

It is taking me years to see Tomorrow more than today :- Doug.

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