Category Archives: Eldering
The need grandchildren will have
What is the need grandchildren will have that you can fill? What do you see that the middlers don’t see? :- Doug.
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We are the pioneers
We are the pioneers. People will learn from us what eldering is. Even the Quakers who have such a word do not see in it what I see in it—something akin to grandmothering and grandfathering. Only larger. How is it … Continue reading
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Why would we want to elder another?
Why would we want to elder another? Do we seek to transform them? Us? Some purpose larger than that? :- Doug.
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A good funeral experience?
Have you had a good funeral experience? A meaningful loss? Even deeper: a loss that you have survived? Deeper still: something that was either negative or positive, perhaps even meaningless, that is still a mystery to you? What’s there, for … Continue reading
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What’s a sadness?
What’s a sadness that was profound growth for you? :- Doug.
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a state of mind and more
Eldering is a state of mind, a stage of life, something you do, and someone you are. :- Doug.
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grace in being cared for
A giving in receiving grace in being cared for: our presence softly :- Doug.
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For whom elder?
For whom might you choose to be an elder? For what? :- Doug.
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Increasing dignity and worth
Elders have increasing dignity and worth, something important to contribute even when we can no longer contribute. :- Doug.
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Wet is wet
Do you fear you won’t measure up as an elder? Well you won’t. But you will do better than the one who won’t talk with that one’s grandchildren. You will have raised the quantity of eldering in the world one … Continue reading
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What would you expect of an elder?
What would you expect an elder to have, if you go to her for advice? :- Doug.
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Beyond middling
What do you bring beyond what a middling brings? :- Doug.
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Concerns for youngest generations?
Where are your concerns for the youngest generations, for those who come after? :- Doug.
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Question wrestles you
What is a live question, one which wrestles you, about which you can bring to bear your longer view? :- Doug.
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Our widening circles
Eldering: where are the needs in our widening circles? What do we feel called to address? How might we help one another do? :- Doug.
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