Category Archives: Aging
Disintegrating
As we are disintegrating before our eyes, who is this “we?” Importantly beyond that and deeper: what is our responsibility? Does it proceed out of our essence, or something even deeper? :- Doug.
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Ripened forward
We are all being ripened forward from this point in life. :- Doug.
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aging losses
Look in on the aging, you see loss Look out as an elder, you see growth :- Doug.
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organic losses
The losses of life are organic, the gains meta-organic. :- Doug.
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Early becomings
Early, we are human becomings Eventually, we are human beings :- Doug.
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Circle widens
The circle in which we feel at home widens as we age: a womb, a crib, a room, a house, a neighborhood…perhaps a religion, a membership organization, the universe. :- Doug.
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Light to head
Aging is when light comes to your head. :- Doug.
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Aging takes
Aging takes everything from us Eldering asks everything from us :- Doug.
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Broken down?
Are you gonna be broken down or broken up? :- Doug.
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Play with grandparents
When was the last time you played with a grandparent? :- Doug.
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Life is a train ride
Life is a train ride—we board in anticipation, spend time settling in, do the work during the ride, the work of waiting, then in the last miles we are active preparing to arrive and disembark. :- Doug.
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Good-challenge
The good of old age is the challenge of old age. :- Doug.
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The waiting ones
Middlers are the prime attentives, the waiting ones. Busy busy busy always busy. Nevertheless waiting. Waiting for real life to begin. Most days I am the same. :- Doug.
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Fast adventure
There is adventure in elder years—coming at us furiously fast! :- Doug.
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