Category Archives: Aging

Age or elder?

Posted on September 6, 2017 by dgermann

Age or elder? :- Doug.

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Long elders!

Posted on August 28, 2017 by dgermann

Aging is being stretched—never have we had such long elders! :- Doug.

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Your light?

Posted on August 21, 2017 by dgermann

What light can you throw upon what it means to age well and to age for others? :- Doug.

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Continual growth

Posted on August 20, 2017 by dgermann

See: your life may have been a road of continual growth. :- Doug.

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Is it fruitful to resist?

Posted on August 19, 2017 by dgermann

Is it aging or is it eldering? Is it fruitful to resist either? :- Doug.

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Beyond aging

Posted on August 18, 2017 by dgermann

Eldering is beyond aging. :- Doug.

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They define

Posted on August 16, 2017 by dgermann

Elders are not defined by age, they define. :- Doug.

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Develop or decline?

Posted on August 15, 2017 by dgermann

Develop or decline? :- Doug.

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Gracious aging

Posted on August 10, 2017 by dgermann

Perhaps it’s a philosophy of gracious aging. :- Doug.

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Think the long things

Posted on July 28, 2017 by dgermann

It is conceivable we might add another 30 in 300 years. So what do we do with the extra years? That is an extra generation of people to elder. We already have an extra now. Or perhaps, because age is … Continue reading →

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increase life expectancy 30 years

Posted on July 27, 2017 by dgermann

In 300 years if we increase life expectancy another 30 years, what then? Three careers? Our last 30 years demented? :- Doug.

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As they wheel by

Posted on July 22, 2017 by dgermann

It goes This life We snatch morsels Catch sunsets As they wheel by :- Doug.

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Meaning I might forget

Posted on July 6, 2017 by dgermann

Meaning I might forget. What then? Will I have no meaning? Will meaning have anyone? :- Doug.

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What’s better?

Posted on June 30, 2017 by dgermann

What’s different? What’s better? :- Doug.

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Like Grandma Moses

Posted on June 21, 2017 by dgermann

Write beyond the covers of your book, paint prolifically like Grandma Moses, create stories for someone’s grandchildren to dream on…. :- Doug.

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Freedom to safety

Posted on June 17, 2017 by dgermann

Look to the people and learn. Many old people prefer freedom to safety. Keys to the car, living at home. :- Doug.

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Transformation of aging

Posted on May 10, 2017 by dgermann

Eldering is the transformation of aging to something larger. :- Doug.

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