Category Archives: Eldering
Sweep of an open palm
The gesture of eldering: the sweep of an open palm. :- Doug.
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Invitation: think longer term
How do we invite people to think longer term? What are specifics? :- Doug.
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Careers are so past tense
Find a project careers are so past tense instead, do some good :- Doug.
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A play retirement
A play retirement is less than meaningless to me—because perhaps I see the things at which people play as meaningless—golf, lolling on the beach, taking a cruise to islands for shopping and drinking. Yet for me, conversing, facilitating conversing, studying … Continue reading
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Start anywhere
Life is equal parts planning, improvising, chance, destiny, peril, proceeding, withdrawal, engaging, reflecting, emerging, growing, flowering, going to seed, dying, and a thousand more. Start anywhere. :- Doug.
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It’s not about retirement!
It’s not about retirement! Don’t escape; engage! :- Doug.
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With nuance and story
All your life gathering unnoticed now a new stage develops you can if you choose nurture—elder— grandchildren, community, world with nuance, story, question, and hearing :- Doug.
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we draw near
Works & service of the spirit are eldering we draw near :- Doug.
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For our grandchildren
You cannot change the world & you must change the world & you will change the world you are too small small is precisely what is needful a word, a gesture to enter hearts one at a time day by … Continue reading
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We decide the respect
We are the ones to decide the respect of Elders write a play talk it up tell a story befriend a grandchild :- Doug.
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We’re all grandchildren
Elder the grandchildren we’re all grandchildren :- Doug.
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Good every morning
Good every morning when I am an elder to write poetry :- Doug.
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