Category Archives: Eldering

is beauty and truth

Posted on May 19, 2018 by dgermann

In age Spirit is beauty and truth great richness some of us without teeth, hearing, sight, or strength get to behold and perhaps pass along :- Doug.

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World does not have to be

Posted on May 17, 2018 by dgermann

The world does not have to be as you daily see. You can hear another. Still others can move you. Endlessly. :- Doug.

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Take in the death of another

Posted on May 17, 2018 by dgermann

When you take in the death of another you can know that your death and the other’s makes you equals. :- Doug.

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Why personify death?

Posted on May 17, 2018 by dgermann

Why do we want to personify death? To make of it a friend or foe? To understand? To become intimate? To soften? :- Doug.

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Getting intimate with death

Posted on May 16, 2018 by dgermann

I want to get more intimate with my death: it might help me become more intimate with others. It might help me take me less seriously and more lightly. :- Doug.

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Hold your death

Posted on May 16, 2018 by dgermann

Hold your death for a moment. Let it learn of you. :- Doug.

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Journal a conversation with death personified

Posted on May 15, 2018 by dgermann

Journal a conversation with death personified. Write questions ahead: —What do you think of me? —What ought I think of you? —Will you be gentle? —Are you my friend? —Are you a loner or do you like lots? :- Doug.

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Be a nobody. Wobble.

Posted on May 15, 2018 by dgermann

Do you want to know that you did something to change the wobble just a bit? You are a world wobbler. Wobble the world, but leave no mark, no signature. Be a nobody. Act. Wobble. Lightly. :- Doug.

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draw out the most of your life

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

An elder must live as an elder in order to draw out the most of her or his life. :- Doug.

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Grow through attention

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

Learn your body—aging changes it; aging grows your mind through your attention. :- Doug.

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Hardly a mark?

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

Can you move away swiftly, leaving hardly a mark? :- Doug.

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Writing the book

Posted on May 14, 2018 by dgermann

Writing the book about Eldering For the Grandchildren, we are. :- Doug.

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Eldering is encouraging

Posted on May 13, 2018 by dgermann

Eldering is encouraging. :- Doug.

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Want your people to remember you?

Posted on May 13, 2018 by dgermann

Do you want your people to remember you after your death? For how many years? What purposes does it serve? :- Doug.

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Chapter titles 20 years past your death?

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dgermann

What are the chapter titles of your life ahead? And of your people 20 years after your death? :- Doug.

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Make friends with death?

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dgermann

How might we make friends with our death? :- Doug.

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Generate yourself

Posted on May 12, 2018 by dgermann

If you’re going to generate, as well you need to generate yourself. :- Doug.

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