Category Archives: Eldering
Takes waiting
We are elders-to-be To elder takes waiting :- Doug.
Below the rapids
Below the rapids the river grows placid and swift—we relax, breathe :- Doug.
To see tomorrow
It is taking me years to see Tomorrow more than today :- Doug.
Another harmony
What if the grandchildren have to find another way to live in harmony? They do, you know. What then is your role? :- Doug.
Our end of life
Our end of life is a culmination, a rounding out, of a life. :- Doug.
Specialness
Elders are finding and playing with each others’ specialness. :- Doug.
open the moment
Elderlings sometimes open the moment for spirit to spark :- Doug.
Changes memory
As much as the other way around the course of events changes memory :- Doug.
Invite hidden qualities
Look for, invite out to play, the hidden qualities of other elderlings—hear as they sometimes point out yours. :- Doug.
Swirlingly
Let us speak plainly and swirlingly. Plainly, that there is more than the surface, more than science and our left brains can know. Swirlingly in that we can embrace the mystery, dancing, not knowing where we are going. :- Doug.
Better not have it all figured
Those best at eldering better not have it all figured out, better be examples of folks who work on their relationships openly. :- Doug.
Grandparent chaos
Grandparent chaos it too is a grandchild :- Doug.
Maybe not one elder
Maybe not one elder but all the elders constitute the spiritual warrior our culture needs to enter conflict and fight for good change. :- Doug.
We can be the larger people
The fact that the elder can bring the dreamlike to the conversation tells us she or he can bring the larger truths to the grandchildren. This is a time of life when we can be the larger people we are. … Continue reading