Category Archives: Eldering

What can elders do? :- Doug.

Let’s be about claiming and re-writing the elder archetype for our times and these people. What would fit your background and sense of calling? Your schedule, your energy, your resources? Whom might you elder? How will you “speak?” :- Doug.

Take inventory—all that and who are important to you—people, living things, philosophy, spiritual, story, future, past, present, health, views. An early step in your eldering. :- Doug.

Eldering involves work: on ourselves, our families and friends, our communities small and large: all with love. :- Doug.

Eldering: growth and service. :- Doug.

Stance: effective loving places demands upon me and my eldering. :- Doug.

Keep on eldering us! :- Doug.

Eldering as calling, as movement, as joy. :- Doug.

This idea of a counsel of elders is capturing my imagination. We cannot wait for institutions to figure it out—they are too busy, and stuck in the hospital-warehousing model. We need to work with the elders themselves (ourselves!), and families, … Continue reading →