Author Archives: dgermann
Take inventory
Take inventory—all that and who are important to you—people, living things, philosophy, spiritual, story, future, past, present, health, views. An early step in your eldering. :- Doug.
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Lone leaf on bare branch
Lone leaf on bare branch, blown: life goes around and through: fly away; and I :- Doug.
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Don’t be the ideal elder
Don’t be the ideal elder, take a step toward your elderhood. :- Doug.
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extend or grow?
Shall we extend our middling years, or grow ahead? :- Doug.
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involves work
Eldering involves work: on ourselves, our families and friends, our communities small and large: all with love. :- Doug.
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The great discomforts of aging
The great discomforts of aging in our culture are not what you might expect. Rather elders are being cast aside, not honored nor even seen, told to concentrate on what is failing and being taken away and never on what … Continue reading
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Effective loving
Effective loving take us a step or two beyond tough love: not only saying No, but guiding to a self-vision of possibility beyond Yes and No; beyond I am doing something to you, to equals together exploring where love takes … Continue reading
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Stance:
Stance: effective loving places demands upon me and my eldering. :- Doug.
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Elder or middler
Elder or middler? Many want to push older people to become just older middlers. Is that good for elders, for our society? :- Doug.
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It pays to get old
It pays to get old—it pays others more than us. If we choose. :- Doug.
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60 and better
If we’re 60 and better, what’s better? :- Doug.
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Eternal middle age
We love pictures of elders doing things we do—say, golfing and sky diving—largely because it helps us stave off our fear of aging. Yet there is at least a third way beyond eternal middle age and falling apart: vital nurturing … Continue reading
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Elder our tribes
Elder our tribes—whether or not they want eldering. :- Doug.
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More about more
As a poet-caring lawyer my task is not to learn more and more about less and less; rather more and more about more and more. :- Doug.
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