Category Archives: Eldering

As bodies become stiff our minds become supple :- Doug.

For us, elders can remember how it will be. :- Doug.

Many have a facet or two of eldering; they flash now and again. Fewer have a constellation of surfaces by which we are given to see your brilliance. :- Doug.

Eldering is a choice sometimes thrust upon us: a non choice. :- Doug.

We see not through dimming eyes but clearing. :- Doug.

Elders are mist-ifying! :- Doug.

Elder is a term of respect (see again) as contrasted with elderly, a pejorative. It is also a term of development, not a terminus or end point. :- Doug.

Across the stages, elders are etherealizing: getting larger and more capacious until they are indistinguishable from the mystery. :- Doug.

I’ve been given 300 years to do my work. :- Doug.

Most in our society use “elderly” as a pejorative. Don’t use the word. Remember, elder is someone to respect: to see twice. :- Doug.

What is an elder? Guide and guardian, story-teller and time traveler, grandparent and grandchild, long thought thinker and tough question asker, present to you, mystery, and grace. :- Doug.

Elders are the inserted generation. :- Doug.

Many thresholds: many rooms, many dimensions, many colors, many airs, spreading, blending. :- Doug.