Category Archives: Eldering
Widen your circle
Widen your circle Widen your embrace Elder! :- Doug.
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Draw larger circles
Draw wider circles of caring, speaking for, what it means to be us :- Doug.
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Simply larger
Not about wisdom Simply larger embrace :- Doug.
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Every time you extend
Every time you extend yourself You learn The world is hospitable You can change You can make things better by that much :- Doug.
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Ultimate for the world
Eldering is embodying our ultimate place in the world and for the world. It is taking responsibility. :- Doug.
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Widening circles
Elders live their lives in widening circles. :- Doug.
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Moment to moment crosses thresholds
The elder is one who moment to moment crosses the threshold and lives out a felt responsibility for the grandchildren’s grandchildren, the community, and the world. :- Doug.
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A longer sweep
To elder is to mentor with a longer sweep and a more opened spirit. :- Doug.
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Life entire
The elder offers to the world not mere wisdom but rather the elder’s life entire. :- Doug.
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Making the invisible visible
The elder is making the invisible visible. :- Doug.
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Doing while exploring
Eldering is doing while exploring ever more what matters. :- Doug.
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An elder’s prayer
Make me accepting of my new vulnerabilities, going forward into your perilous trustworthy next panorama. :- Doug.
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Westward westward ever!
Westward westward ever! Clearing, fighting, taming, populating! We came exploring Young people doing young people things For freedom religious and political Creating something new and again new Settlements soon cities Fighting the indigenous We stayed on and created industry mighty … Continue reading
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Artistries
What are your artistries O elder? Perform them on earth for the peoples to See :- Doug.
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If an elder were to elder
If an elder were to elder you how much eldering would you admit? Would you in your turn elder the elders? :- Doug.
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