Author Archives: dgermann
Last decade or two?
How have your beliefs, practices, religion, and spirituality developed over the last decade or two? :- Doug.
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Some people stop growing older:
Some people stop growing older: instead, they grow larger. :- Doug.
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Giving yourself over to something larger
Think of a time of giving yourself over to something larger. Once I had a volunteer job in an organization which had me running up and down four flights of stairs for two and a half days, making sure things … Continue reading
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Overcoming the self obstacle
In aging we need to overcome the self obstacle. Self we come to see is the obstacle. :- Doug.
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Value now?
What do you value now that is new to you? Or deeper? :- Doug.
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Differently now?
What do I do differently now? What can I let go now? Do these point to some longer view? :- Doug.
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Our way to wisdom?
Can examining our journey of aging be our way to wisdom? :- Doug.
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Write a fairy tale
Write a fairy tale about some aspect of aging. :- Doug.
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Wisdom is
Wisdom is truth, your own truth. Wisdom is shared. Wisdom is vulnerable. Wisdom is more question than answer. Wisdom has largeness—length and width and depth. Wisdom has happiness. Wisdom is focused on others, on their good. :- Doug.
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You need your own
What I espouse is my wisdom. Simply to show you how yours might look, might be sighted. You need your own. :- Doug.
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Flittering leaves in the tree
Flittering leaves in the tree green gems catching elusive light so too human spirits today :- Doug.
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Keep on keeping on
I will keep on keeping on, keeping active and engaged, improve my diet, get more exercise. Those will help me enjoy more. :- Doug.
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Do you feel wiser?
Do you feel wiser? And yet, has something changed, progressed? Would you make the same decisions now? For instance, do you think people are in too much of a hurry? What does hurry mean? Have your priorities improved? :- Doug.
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Elders greet death
Elders greet death Some greet loss of mind As additional privilege In peeling away ego, gain In dropping mind, divinity :- Doug.
Seek not wisdom
Seek not the sum of all wisdom: simply notice your own and begin to explore. :- Doug.
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Either we transform old age
Either we transform old age or it transforms us. :- Doug.
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