Category Archives: Eldering
Spontaneous GC?
Want to be spontaneous with your grandchildren? Give it some reflection: before the visit, put a couple tricks up your sleeve. :- Doug.
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Swaths
We are all seeing the world in wider swaths. Even the youngsters. News from the other side of the world reaches us within minutes. We are familiar with politics in places we had not heard of previously, and certainly could … Continue reading
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World going?
What do you see is going on in the world today? Bad? Good? :- Doug.
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Touch nonlocally
For the Grandchildren is important. Maybe we can touch nonlocally and atemporally. :- Doug.
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Reminiscing GC
Tie the reminiscing together with the grandchildren: the wider view is something, if we become conscious of it, we can become intentional with what we do for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Live moments
We live our lives in moments and cannot do other wise :- Doug.
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Commune with grandchildren
When we commune with the grandchildren, we commune with their grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Picture future?
How do you picture your future? Is there now a point at which it turns, or the image grows hazy? :- Doug.
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Back in the days
Back in the days when I thought I’d go on forever…. :- Doug.
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Your grandparents changed?
How did our parents and grandparents change the world through education and through us? How does this speak to us of perhaps more homey and yet more grand ways to change the world? :- Doug.
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Education changes world
Nelson Mandela said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” With the grandchildren, how might you use education to change the world? :- Doug.
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Did not parent?
What does it mean to be generative to someone you did not parent? :- Doug.
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Legacies passed on
What legacies did you receive? In what form would you pass them on? :- Doug.
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Elder is not wiser
Being elder is not wiser. We have seen more people in more ages and in more settings. We can have compassion. We can seek creativity. :- Doug.
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