Category Archives: Eldering

Tough crustomer

Posted on January 13, 2018 by dgermann

I am a tough crustomer. :- Doug.

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Time and death are essential

Posted on January 12, 2018 by dgermann

Time and death are essential (not to keep every thing and every one from happening all at once) to show us our growth and possibility. :- Doug.

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Grandchildren moving

Posted on January 11, 2018 by dgermann

Grandchildren are moving We’re all grandchildren :- Doug.

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Learn from death?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by dgermann

What do we learn from death? What again? What might we learn if we were wiser? :- Doug.

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We are humanity knowing death

Posted on January 11, 2018 by dgermann

As elders we are humanity, perhaps life, knowing its death, its losses: its limits. We intuit resulting transformation. We know uncertainty—and most certainly ambivalence. Here we serve. :- Doug.

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Beyond right things

Posted on January 10, 2018 by dgermann

What for elders lies out beyond doing the right thing for the grandchildren? What if doing the right thing were the bare minimum? :- Doug.

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Qualitative distinction

Posted on January 10, 2018 by dgermann

The qualitative distinction we as elders notice may go so far as transformation or even metamorphosis. :- Doug.

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Uncertain grandchildren

Posted on January 10, 2018 by dgermann

The grandchildren are wild We then are uncertain Meet wild to wild :- Doug.

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A higher tension

Posted on January 9, 2018 by dgermann

There is a tension in eldering between living our life and living for the grandchildren. My own needs vs the good of the human project. When we stay in this tension, they rise to a higher more fruitful tension. :- … Continue reading →

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Grandchildren should be heard

Posted on January 7, 2018 by dgermann

Grandchildren should be seen and especially heard. :- Doug.

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Picture what we cannot yet

Posted on January 7, 2018 by dgermann

Picture circles of elders opening eyes minds hearts. To a larger. Not simply including all we can see smell taste but what we cannot yet. Open doors. Light nudges in. :- Doug.

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Unseen

Posted on January 6, 2018 by dgermann

How little our culture accustoms us to see of one another—especially elders! :- Doug.

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Long range weather forecasters

Posted on January 6, 2018 by dgermann

We are long range weather forecasters: we see an indeterminate number of forces at play, at play. We might know what it means. Our forecast gains in confidence as time extends. :- Doug.

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Keeps me up at night

Posted on January 5, 2018 by dgermann

Life is what keeps me up at night. :- Doug.

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Reverence for wonder

Posted on January 5, 2018 by dgermann

Elders develop a sense of direction a reverence for wonder an exasperating vulnerability :- Doug.

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Beyond “still sharp”

Posted on January 5, 2018 by dgermann

Posit a bell shaped curve describing the population of those over 60. Posit on the left those 16-20% who are chronically ill, decrepit of mind or body, needy of much assistance. Picture in the middle the 60% or so who … Continue reading →

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From wonder into wonder

Posted on January 4, 2018 by dgermann

From wonder into wonder Elders :- Doug.

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