Author Archives: dgermann
Colors rearranging
So where does the elder find her eldering? Underground, in the shimmering dark, beneath the grey cloth, in the cocoon where the colors are rearranging themselves. :- Doug.
Engineer’s windshield
I am just starting to see that eldering the elders is the process of poking holes in the grey cloth we have allowed to settle and accresce over us. We have allowed it to build up over us. Poking holes … Continue reading
Fie on safety!
The elder must use a life’s courage and remaining strength to stand up to the middlers’ mantra of “safety” (which is their own turned conscience). We still have a work to do or be, a calling to perform, a risk … Continue reading
30 new years:
30 new years: we are the inventors of eldering. :- Doug.
Eldering’s aspects
What are the aspects (parts, features, phases) of eldering? :- Doug.
Like hugging
Eldering is like hugging —you just gotta start! :- Doug.
Know-why-not
Mentoring is to eldering as know-how is to know-why …and know-why-not :- Doug.
Look-see
What does an elder look like? It’s more How an elder Sees. :- Doug.
children miss?
Where do you see things your children miss? :- Doug.
Widen your circle
Widen your circle Widen your embrace Elder! :- Doug.
Draw larger circles
Draw wider circles of caring, speaking for, what it means to be us :- Doug.
Simply larger
Not about wisdom Simply larger embrace :- Doug.
Every time you extend
Every time you extend yourself You learn The world is hospitable You can change You can make things better by that much :- Doug.