Author Archives: dgermann

What wisdom are you gleaning from the young? :- Doug.

Let us hold hands across the centuries, with as many hands as we can find. :- Doug.

If you don’t have a grandchild handy, borrow one! :- Doug.

Perhaps there is no knowing, only discovering. :- Doug.

We see connections others miss…relationships…wholeness…weaves and tangles…hear music…feel life’s widening circles…invite mystery and sacred…play…experience life in new ways…are freer…calmer…have a need for solitude…declutter…grow by reducing, losing…find essence…reconstellate our lights and memories…choose slow and deep…tell stories rather than give advice…have a … Continue reading →

For the grandchildren…and we are all. :- Doug.

For the good of the grandchildren we should be seeking out felt changes in consciousness—however painful. :- Doug.

It flows both ways—to and from the elders—no, all ways—this directioning, this knowing, this discovering and the resultant painful changes in thinking. We are not the sole wisdom bringers and direction finders. :- Doug.

Grands are in a stage of many felt changes of consciousness. What to do with these? How? To be? :- Doug.

Grands cannot control the future, so they best not have a set goal for how it will look. That does not mean give in, rather have direction only: human- and person-centered; or playful; or conversing; or east toward the morning … Continue reading →

As eyesight weakens farsight grows. :- Doug.

I believe grands are who grandchildren need because we see further and more completely. :- Doug.

Come meet other grands and see what fun and good we can make for the grandchildren. :- Doug.