Category Archives: Eldering
Speak in novels and poetry
Speak O Elder to the grandchildren Speak in novels and poetry in music, dance, in things that last and things that don’t Speak in work and especially in play Speak in all your voices For the grandchildren :- Doug.
Your blessing please
My blessing on you; your blessing please on me, says your grandchild elder. :- Doug.
Take in my meaning
Hear me: I am your grandchild elder; take in my meaning. :- Doug.
Lift their eyes
Lift their eyes. Ask your grandchild: What do you want for your grandchild? Why? Why again? :- Doug.
What we could have done
Grandchild elder, what do you see we could have done? :- Doug.
Meet; Counsel
Meet a grandchild elder; counsel together. :- Doug.
Give books and names
Give your grandchild a book and a name. A book to open a new way; a name to which to add stature. :- Doug.
The world will resist
This idea of the larger world responding to the nudges of the elders is worth exploring. The world will resist; why try? The world needs our nudges, and each will help, to that extent. So nudge away. :- Doug.
Causes your eyes to twinkle
Ancestor, how do you propose to love the grandchildren in a way that most affects their world for good? There are currently 7 billion ways; only a handful are yours; one causes your eyes to twinkle. :- Doug.
What responses will we meet?
As we change eldering, how will the larger world change in response? :- Doug.
Merge our spirit?
Might we merge our spirit or consciousness with the 300 year grandchild elders? :- Doug.
Wisdom among us
Wisdom may not reside in us but among us—we find it waiting for us—to converse. :- Doug.
Workers in meaning
Elders are workers in the meaning of life. :- Doug.
Ask a grandchild
Ask about meaning ask a grandchild :- Doug.
Our role
Our role develop meaning with grandchildren :- Doug.