Category Archives: Aging

I am growing maybe even faster now :- Doug.

Let us challenge the idea that aging is a problem to be solved, and not simply part of life. People do not all or even mostly get very sick and lose their marbles. The people I have known of this … Continue reading →

There is another angle from which to view elders and how they are developing. Perhaps there is something going on to which we are blind: first because the people doing the reporting are usually much younger and they have no … Continue reading →

Aging is a process that may include wisdom. Wisdom itself may be a process that includes continuing maturation and growth. A peach is a flower then a fruit then a seed then food for plants and animals…. :- Doug.

We pathologize age because we want to fix it away. :- Doug.

Living fully our advancing life development is a badge of wisdom. :- Doug.

What do you notice about older people, particularly those you admire? What’s this say about wisdom? About you? About your brand of wisdom? :- Doug.

What is the work of our lives, now? :- Doug.

What are the serious questions we need to be asking at this age? :- Doug.

Dialogue with your body—what it feels, needs, how to improve its quality of life, how to best use its energy. :- Doug.

How have your beliefs, practices, religion, and spirituality developed over the last decade or two? :- Doug.

Some people stop growing older: instead, they grow larger. :- Doug.

In aging we need to overcome the self obstacle. Self we come to see is the obstacle. :- Doug.

What do you value now that is new to you? Or deeper? :- Doug.

What do I do differently now? What can I let go now? Do these point to some longer view? :- Doug.