Category Archives: Eldering

An elder may hold back something of the story: allowing for the hearer to discover; allowing the story to cup its power. :- Doug.

Eldering is a living system. :- Doug.

We are bringing to focus some things that were invisible without a conceptual framework: namely the systems orbiting eldering. :- Doug.

We have a long way to go, but we are already the path. :- Doug.

Elders see beyond mechanics to organics. :- Doug.

What does your presence convey in this between time? The twinkle in your eye, the way you hold yourself, your wordless attitude of heart? :- Doug.

Do you pray for the death and agony of our grandchildren? Of course not—you pray for a higher, brighter future. :- Doug.

Hello, Grandchildren! :- Doug.

My message is that you have a work to do, a person to be, and a purpose you already are, for the grandchildren. :- Doug.

Actualizing, rather than holding back, lifting up rather than pressing down. This is the joyful task of the grands. It is a political, economic, and biologic task. At once dangerous and essential. :- Doug.

In studying eldering we are glimpsing the insides of humanity fully developing: not the insides of individuals but of our species: how together we pulse, breathe, and flow. :- Doug.