Douglas Germann: South Bend Elder Caring Law

Take last night’s news: what if that person were the progenitor of the grandchildren in 300 years? Write a 3 page story of these grandchildren.

:- Doug.

How the far grandchild is a lock there might be a way to open.

:- Doug.

Why meeting grandchildren is like entertaining strangers.

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Why we haven’t yet figured out what being human involves.

:- Doug.

How what you think this day influences the grandchildren in 300 years. Stance is a clue; and openness.

:- Doug.

Why later generation values might not be our love, peace, and solitude, and what might supersede these.

:- Doug.

How grafting extends curiosity, ideas, and generations.

:- Doug.

What wandering across centuries does to the soul.

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How exploring the mystery of a far generation’s thinking and feelings can be a spiritual quest.

:- Doug.

The other is necessary to us in all of life, and the participants in the cross-generational conversation are necessary to each other. Our very differences are necessary to each of us, and the meeting of our tensions engenders life. We are part of one another across generations, even skipping generations.

:- Doug.

Work for generational justice.

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How the grandchild often becomes the necessary other.

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Why the ancients are laughing and what we ought to do about it.

:- Doug.

A forward history of ancients and grandchildren and our possible roles.

:- Doug.

Friendly among ancestors, let’s be.

:- Doug.