Category Archives: Eldering

We have a ratchet mentality: what we learn we do not have to re-learn. Then we grow wise. Experience differs: often we must re-learn. :- Doug.

Let us stretch the elders to see a larger frame in space/time. In generations. In beings. Out. :- Doug.

Our view of eldering will not be broad enough to cover all its expanse; yet we can embrace any opening of our way. :- Doug.

Attractive: this notion of retirement. On a deep personal level, too. But why? We grow tired. Of this work: done that. Our energy declines. Maybe the old pictures no longer fit: some relaxing, some playing, then you die. Now we … Continue reading →

Why are elders as they are, and how do they change? How are they changing? :- Doug.

Eldering is sometimes a mutual opening. :- Doug.

If your life represents continual growth, this stage is headed somewhere…good. :- Doug.

Elders have an appreciation for the uncontrollable—the big joke of life on us. :- Doug.

Elders are living beyond themselves, taking a role in making better the world. :- Doug.

Elder is calmer. :- Doug.

If the world is partially how we perceive, then we do have a claim to decide for it. :- Doug.

As we become elders, we become less and less, more and more. Less physical, more real, expanding, more diffuse with each breath, a morning mist blending into the sunlight, floating on the breeze. Often mist-ified, sometimes mist-ical. :- Doug.