Category Archives: Eldering

It is not a question of What can we yet do, but What are we of all generations best equipped to do? :- Doug.

Don’t respect our elders—till they earn it. :- Doug.

If you are not living for the grandchildren, then for what or whom? :- Doug.

We won’t get any wiser until we put to work our wise enough. :- Doug.

What wisdom are you gleaning from the young? :- Doug.

Let us hold hands across the centuries, with as many hands as we can find. :- Doug.

If you don’t have a grandchild handy, borrow one! :- Doug.

Perhaps there is no knowing, only discovering. :- Doug.

We see connections others miss…relationships…wholeness…weaves and tangles…hear music…feel life’s widening circles…invite mystery and sacred…play…experience life in new ways…are freer…calmer…have a need for solitude…declutter…grow by reducing, losing…find essence…reconstellate our lights and memories…choose slow and deep…tell stories rather than give advice…have a … Continue reading →

For the grandchildren…and we are all. :- Doug.

For the good of the grandchildren we should be seeking out felt changes in consciousness—however painful. :- Doug.

It flows both ways—to and from the elders—no, all ways—this directioning, this knowing, this discovering and the resultant painful changes in thinking. We are not the sole wisdom bringers and direction finders. :- Doug.

Grands are in a stage of many felt changes of consciousness. What to do with these? How? To be? :- Doug.