Category Archives: Eldering
See you bigger
Elders are simultaneously within and outside the system. So they can see you bigger, help the grandchildren make a bigger world. :- Doug.
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When young
When young there is plenty of time later When seasoned time washes Time later starts to course into time now :- Doug.
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Easy to talk with
My father in law used to say, “Retired people are easy to talk with. They have nothing to prove.” I don’t believe it—it’s not retired folks. It is elders. Of any age. People who have nothing to prove: who have … Continue reading
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Teach I don’t know
To teach wisdom, teach the living of “I don’t know.” :- Doug.
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Deny you are wise?
Finally, wisdom is saying I don’t know. If you deny being wise, you probably are on your way. :- Doug.
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Bigger than only
Bigger than only. Each and together. Know this and you elder. :- Doug.
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TSP
Eldering is at once theoretical, spiritual, and practical: it aims us towards a better working world. :- Doug.
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Take charge for
Elders can take charge for our world, for the grandchildren. Take charge not control: no one is in control but all can take charge. For not of, nor over. This is an attitude shift that changes our destination. :- Doug.
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Picture elder years?
How do we picture elder years? If we reflect on the television ads for investment and life insurance companies, we see images of sailboats, golfing, and travel. These reveal a deep-seated mythos: the life of the elder grows larger. These … Continue reading
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Respect ourselves
Elder is a term of respect—and yes we elders need to respect ourselves. :- Doug.
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A small-large task:
For the grandchildren is about engaging the grandchildren in a small-large task: making a world. :- Doug.
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Woodpecker is tapping
This chill winter day a little woodpecker is climbing the little maple tree, tapping at it. A cardinal flies off quickly to another tree. You live here all year, this is home. The robins and others migrate away in colder … Continue reading
a few to renew
We do not need many elderlings: just a few who mediate between the spirit of the times and the grandchildren, and we renew. :- Doug.
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