Category Archives: Eldering
At last the real
At last the real permeating widening :- Doug.
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new elements
The elder is presented with—seeks—new elements, issues, and pathways, seeing these as valuable for the generations. :- Doug.
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Another way to
It may be wisdom like spirit does not inhabit the elder rather another way to :- Doug.
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Grandpa may be
Grandpa may be an endangered species :- Doug.
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What do elders value?
What do elders value? Learning; spiritual exploration; non-material completing and fulfillment; meaning and purpose; peace with the world; :- Doug.
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What we still or yet
What we still or yet is not our question rather what we now :- Doug.
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From this moment on
From this moment on, honor your insights :- Doug.
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Something in cookie baking
What is cookie baking about? Making up a story? Love is too facile an answer. There is something in the ordinary. :- Doug.
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Powers distinguishable from adult
If we are a species distinguishable from adult, we must have powers distinguishable, not built of strength nor speed, but probably of profundity and meaning and heart for complexity and contradiction. :- Doug.
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Map a power
Map a major part A power beyond adult —story? —far-sight? —mist-ifying? —unknowing? :- Doug.
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inventing a power
We in age have power beyond adult which we must invent and use for good :- Doug.
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A special kind of old
I’m old I’m a special kind of old :- Doug.
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kick in the rump
Here’s the thing— This is and will be enough and The world needs our kick in the rump and We must find a way to live out fully these both at once :- Doug.
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Your contribution of meaning?
What now is your contribution of meaning for those to come? :- Doug.
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Can we mend and heal?
We’re a new generation, but that’s not the significant thing. We have health and energy and freedom—and that’s not either. What’s deepest lies in our new opportunities and responsibilities. There is a larger picture. We are a part and can … Continue reading
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this stage virtually unknown
We don’t have a word for it because this stage of life is virtually unknown to us. :- Doug.
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Notice anything different?
Do you notice anything different in your attitude, in your stance to the world? Is something developing? :- Doug.
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