Category Archives: Eldering
When I became
Now I see when I became an elder. In Portland, Oregon on about January 30, 2004, I consciously turned the corner—decided on service. :- Doug.
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In limitation, possibility
In limitation, possibility. :- Doug.
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years X weight
Not years, reflection years X weight :- Doug.
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Touch the wheel
Elders do not turn the ship’s wheel We can sometimes turn the eyes and heads Of those who touch the wheel :- Doug.
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More whom we are
Vulnerable to growth, to becoming more whom we are to be: elders. :- Doug.
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Our widening circles
We elder for our widening circles—relations, friends, orbits. :- Doug.
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A different kind of productive
Eldering is a different kind of productive—whether in type of product, or how it produces, I cannot tell. :- Doug.
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Elder-like
Be on the lookout for elder-like actions. It is elder-like to acknowledge them. :- Doug.
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Stirring exemplars
What do you see in the exemplars of those who elder—what is stirring? :- Doug.
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Being thins
Eldering is a capstone to one’s doing, being, and being thinning to touch the far reaches. :- Doug.
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Good of generations
Eldering is being and doing for the larger good of generations, community, and worlds. :- Doug.
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