Author Archives: dgermann
Elder diction
Eldering is a felt change of consciousness (a la Barfield, Poetic Diction). :- Doug.
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Major clue
Why should playfulness be the major clue to someone’s elder-likeness? :- Doug.
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Opposites fit
Some elders have the capacity to put opposites together, to see how it all fits, how we all fit. :- Doug.
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Challenge of happiness
The challenge of happiness gains of losing deepness in fewer friendships :- Doug.
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Wider and deeper
The longer view…is wider and deeper too! :- Doug.
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Playful is the spirit
Playful is the spirit of the new elder. :- Doug.
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Play in nursing homes
Some of us might be confined to nursing homes: that does not inhibit our playfulness. We can still, reflect and see larger, converse and grow. :- Doug.
Silver streak
Climate change is upon us, and unnoticed the long burgeoning silver streak in our people. Attention must be paid. Understanding and crisis: a fresh combination we might use well. :- Doug.
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gathering-widening
Do you feel both a gathering in (of yourself, your love for family and wider and wider and wider) and a widening out (to touch a larger and deeper reality)? Then you are elder-like. :- Doug.
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Why are you drawn?
Why are you drawn to this being-doing? To playfulness and giveaway? What’s afoot? How can you make the most of this part of life? :- Doug.
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Learners, teachers, explorers, volunteers:
Learners, teachers, explorers, volunteers: why are you doing these larger things? Are you larger in your accumulating years? :- Doug.
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Attend symphony
Some want to learn, to attend symphony (experience beauty, evoke beauty), volunteer for something meaningful for them (be larger, mist-ify). :- Doug.
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Who am I?
Who am I and what am I about, now that I’m older? :- Doug.
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