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For an elder, the question that draws on is beyond this one person, greater than one’s calling, one’s own true place in the world. :- Doug.

Wisdom is in striving to see how little you know and having compassion for yourself and all who know nothing. :- Doug.

What do you notice about your entry into elder years? What new questions are you asking? :- Doug.

What are the compass points of this new quality elders find? One is visionary. Another might be seeing bigger—generations, spirit, community. Widening circles. Asking bigger questions. :- Doug.

The task of the elder is the question that opens. :- Doug.

Inviting, freeing, and gathering are works of eldering. :- Doug.

The different quality of elders is how we see our thread and the fabric of life. :- Doug.

I am seeing something others have not. Good. This must be pursued, imbued into us. Let us become human for the first time in all of history. :- Doug.

In my elder years whom do I want to be? Will I be of my life the exemplar prime? :- Doug.

The elders more than any other group have time and energy to think further, wider, and deeper. :- Doug.

As elders we are inventing a new stage of life, more accurately a stage of participation. This is key: how do elders today participate? How do we choose to contribute? To whom essential? :- Doug.

The eldering course is searching together for work and love. :- Doug.

What do we elders have to learn from younger generations, even from the grandchildren? What do I? :- Doug.

We can be philanthropists, not spreading money, rather humanity. :- Doug.