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Elders have an appreciation for the uncontrollable—the big joke of life on us. :- Doug.

Elders are living beyond themselves, taking a role in making better the world. :- Doug.

Elder is calmer. :- Doug.

If the world is partially how we perceive, then we do have a claim to decide for it. :- Doug.

As we become elders, we become less and less, more and more. Less physical, more real, expanding, more diffuse with each breath, a morning mist blending into the sunlight, floating on the breeze. Often mist-ified, sometimes mist-ical. :- Doug.

As bodies become stiff our minds become supple :- Doug.

For us, elders can remember how it will be. :- Doug.

Many have a facet or two of eldering; they flash now and again. Fewer have a constellation of surfaces by which we are given to see your brilliance. :- Doug.

Eldering is a choice sometimes thrust upon us: a non choice. :- Doug.

We see not through dimming eyes but clearing. :- Doug.

Elders are mist-ifying! :- Doug.

Elder is a term of respect (see again) as contrasted with elderly, a pejorative. It is also a term of development, not a terminus or end point. :- Doug.

Across the stages, elders are etherealizing: getting larger and more capacious until they are indistinguishable from the mystery. :- Doug.